Historia natural y moral de las Indias, : en que se tratan las cosa [sic] notables del cielo, y elementos, metales, plantas, y animales dellas: y los ritos ... y guerras de los Indios. / Compuesta por el padre Ioseph de Acosta religioso de la Compañia de Iesus.

  • Acosta, José de, 1540-1600.
Date:
Año 1608
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

De natura Novi Orbis libri duo

Publication/Creation

[Madrid] : Impresso en Madrid en casa de Alonso Martin : A costa de Iuan Berrillo, mercader de libros, Año 1608.

Physical description

535 pages, 45 unnumbered pages ; 4to (21 cm)

Notes

Books 1-2 originally appeared in Latin as: De natura Novi Orbis libri duo. Salamanca, 1588.
Errata statement on p. 4.
Includes index.
Originally published in Seville, 1590.
Signatures: pi² A⁴ B-2N⁸ 2O⁴ (2O4 blank).
Title vignette of coat of arms with motto: Fundamenta eius in montibus santis.
Copy 1. Imperfect: lacks A and 2O gatherings. Tightly bound. 17th century manuscript inscription on title page: 'El insigne Jn. Diego Duxan Dominico escriviò dos obrad, Historio de los Indios Mexicano ...'. Stamp of Society of Jesus on t.p.

References note

Brown Univ. JCB Library catalogue, 2:50
Medina, J.T. Hispano-americana, 529
Sabin, 122

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    EPB/B/23/2

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