LOPEZ DE GOMARA, Francisco - Lot 40

LOPEZ DE GOMARA, Francisco Histoire generalle des Indes Occidentales, et terres neuves, qui iusques à présent ont été descouvertes, augmentée en ceste 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. (of 19, the last leaf of the table is missing, replaced in facsimile). Brown calf, central arms of the Prince de Ligne, spine ribbed, spotted edges (contemporary binding). Second French edition, considerably enlarged, entirely recomposed from the 1584 original ("Collation same as in the 1584 edition, but the work has been reset". JCB). Last index leaf missing, replaced in pen-and-ink facsimile; jaws partially split, binding rubbed. Provenance: Prince de Ligne marquis Demuÿ (signature on title and coat of arms on boards) - Jean Paul Barbier (bookplate).