Engraved title page showing Pope Alexander VI investing King
                                Ferdinand of Spain with the crown of the Indies

The Bernardo Mendel Collection: an exhibit

SIMON, PEDRO. Primera Parte De las Noticias historiales de las Conquistas de tierra firme en las Indias Occidentales ... . ... En Cuenca en casa de Domingo de la yglesia [1627]

Folio, [18], 1-671 (misnumbered), [41] p., last page blank. Engraved title page showing Pope Alexander VI investing King Ferdinand of Spain with the crown of the Indies. Bound in contemporary gilt-stamped vellum with a cardinal’s arms on the covers. (Possibly from the library of Cardinal Lorenzo Imperioli, 1611-73.)

Lilly Library call number: E123 .S596

Engraved title page showing Pope Alexander VI investing King Ferdinand of Spain with the crown of the Indies

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