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Title

  • Historia natural y moral de las Indias : en que se tratan las cosas notables del cielo, y elementos, metales, plantas, y animales dellas : y los ritos, y ceremonias, leyes, y gouierno, y guerras de los Indios

Other Title

  • Historia natvral y moral de las Indias

Names

  • Acosta, José de, 1540-1600
  • Cánovas del Castillo, Antonio, 1828-1897, former owner
  • Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Impresso en Seuilla : En casa de Iuan de Leon, año de 1590.

Headings

  • -  Indians of Mexico--Early works to 1800
  • -  Indians of South America--Peru--Early works to 1800
  • -  Natural history--Latin America
  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  Latin America--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
  • -  Spain--Seville

Notes

  • -  First Spanish-language ed. of this important source on the Indians of Mexico and Peru and on the natural history of Latin America. Acosta, a Jesuit priest and linguist serving in Mexico and Peru from 1571 to 1588, founded a printing press in Peru. In the present work he puts forth ideas on ethnology, compares Aztec and Inca civilizations and history, and provides detailed navigational advice and discussions of New World plants, minerals, and other commodities.
  • -  "Dirigida a la serenissima infanta Doña Isabella Clara Eugenia de Austria."
  • -  In 7 "books" (libros).
  • -  Books 1-2 appeared originally in Latin under title De natura Novi Orbis libri duo, 1588-1589.
  • -  Signatures: A⁶ B-2N⁸ chi².
  • -  General index at end, followed by "Tabla de algunos lugares de la Sagrada Escriptura, cuya declaracion se toca de passo en el discurso desta Historia," with biblical chapter titles in Latin.
  • -  LC copy 1 bound in vellum with author/title hand lettered on spine. Title page trimmed and mounted on blank leaf. Has inscription: Ja[me]s Gooden; ms. annotation in French on back flyleaf. Has LC accession no. 3457 dated [19]01.
  • -  Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 4096
  • -  European Americana, 590-591
  • -  Medina, J.T. Biblioteca hispano-americana (1493-1810), 324
  • -  Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), vol. 1, p. 56, no.1980
  • -  Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), vol. 1, p. 18, no. 121
  • -  E141.A283 Copy 1 transferred from the general rare book collection to the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. he04 2019-07-29
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1999.005.00.0001
  • -  LAC snh 2019-04-30 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 535, [37] p. ; 21 cm (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E141 .A283
  • E141 .A283 Copy 2. In vellum with author/title hand lettered on spine. Provenance: Has armorial bookplate: Biblioteca de Don A. Canovas del Castillo. Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02001938

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Acosta, José De, Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Jefferson Exhibit Collection, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Historia natural y moral de las Indias: en que se tratan las cosas notables del cielo, y elementos, metales, plantas, y animales dellas: y los ritos, y ceremonias, leyes, y gouierno, y guerras de los Indios. Impresso en Seuilla: En casa de Iuan de Leon, año de, 1590. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02001938/.

APA citation style:

Acosta, J. D., Cánovas Del Castillo, A., Jefferson Exhibit Collection & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1590) Historia natural y moral de las Indias: en que se tratan las cosas notables del cielo, y elementos, metales, plantas, y animales dellas: y los ritos, y ceremonias, leyes, y gouierno, y guerras de los Indios. Impresso en Seuilla: En casa de Iuan de Leon, año de. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02001938/.

MLA citation style:

Acosta, José De, et al. Historia natural y moral de las Indias: en que se tratan las cosas notables del cielo, y elementos, metales, plantas, y animales dellas: y los ritos, y ceremonias, leyes, y gouierno, y guerras de los Indios. Impresso en Seuilla: En casa de Iuan de Leon, año de, 1590. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/02001938/>.