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Diaz del Castillo's Conquest of Mexico 1800

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Title: The True History of the Conquest of Mexico
Author: Diaz del Castillo, Bernal
Description: viii, 514 + [1] errata pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece map. (4to) 10¾x8¾, modern cloth, untrimmed page edges. First Edition in English.Important first-hand account of the conquest of Mexico written by a companion of Cortés, first published in Spanish in 1632, but not appearing in English until the present edition. Diaz del Castillo began the work in 1568, in response to Gomara's 1552 account of the conquest, which he felt gave to much credit to Cortes. The present copy is full-margined, contents untrimmed, rare in this state. Palau 72373; Sabin 19984
Heading: zzcPlace Published: London
Publisher: Printed for J. Wright
Date Published: 1800