Las Casas on Spanish cruelties in America
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Author: Casas, Bartolomé de las
Title: La Decouverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols.
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:Chez Andre' Pralard
Date Published: 1697
Description:
Author: Casas, Bartolomé de las
Title: La Decouverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols.
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:Chez Andre' Pralard
Date Published: 1697
Description:
[12] (including engraved pictorial half-title), 382, [2] pp. (12mo) 16.5x9 cm (6½x3½"), spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers.
Abbreviated French translation of parts of Las Casas' famous Nine Tracts, first published in 1552, relating to Indian rights and Spanish cruelties in the West Indies and South America. The engraved half-title by P. Giffart depicts Cortes receiving tribute from Montezuma, with natives whipped and tortured in the background. ;Palau 46966; Sabin 11273. With two bookplates, one partially removed.
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