LOPEZ DE GOMARA, Francisco - Lot 104

LOPEZ DE GOMARA, Francisco Histoire generalle des Indes Occidentales, et terres neuves, qui iusques à présent ont été descouvertes, augmentée en cettete cinquiesme édition de la description de la nouvelle Espagne, & de la grande ville de Mexicque, autrement nommée Tenuctilan [trans. by Martin Fumée]. Paris, Michel Sonnius, 1587. In-8 (166 x 100 mm) of 4 ff.n.ch. (address to the reader, privilege and prologue), 485 ff.n.ch., 18 ff.n.ch. (out of 19, missing the last leaf of the table, replaced in facsimile). Brown calf, central coat of arms of the prince of Ligne, spine ribbed, spotted edges (contemporary binding). Sabin, 27748; Medina (BHA), 159n; Atkinson, 304; Streit, II, 1030; Palau, 141161; JCB (3), I, 310; Leclerc (1878), 253; Alden, 587/19; see D. de Courcelles, notice in: P. Desan (dir.), Dictionnaire Michel de Montaigne, Paris, 2007, pp. 500-501. Second French edition, considerably enlarged, entirely recomposed from the original of 1584 ("Collation same as in the 1584 edition, but the work has been reset". JCB). Last leaf of index missing, replaced in pen-and-ink facsimile; jaws partially split, binding rubbed. Provenance: Prince de Ligne marquis Demuÿ (signature on the title and coat of arms on the boards) - Jean Paul Barbier (bookplate).