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MAYERNE TURQUET, LOUIS DE [GRIMESTONE, EDWARD, trans.] The Generall Historie of Spaine containing all the memorable things that haue past in the realmes of Castille, Leon, Nauarre, Arragon, Portugall, Granado, &c. and by what meanes they were united, and so continue under Philip the third, King of Spaine, now raigning...
London: A, Islip and G. Eld, 1612. First English edition. Period calf with the ownership mark in gilt of W M, all edges blue, rebacked. 13 x 8 1/2 inches (33 x 21.5 cm); [8] (including preliminary blank and title in woodcut cartouche), 1380, [28] pp., collating A^(4) B-6H^(6) 6I^(8) 6K^(6) 6L^(8). Rebacked as noted, the binding worn, extensively remargined from 5T1 on, repaired losses ranging from minor marginal problems to (on occasion) some significant loss of text to the upper portion of the page, but mostly with the loss of headlines or just blank margin. Collated complete, but due to the above-noted defects sold as is, not subject to return.
By no means institutionally rare, this is an uncommon book in commerce, and it is the first substantial history of Spain in English, with an important mention of Columbus on p. 918, and with a description of the Spanish voyages to the New World in chapters 24 and 25. Grimeston made substantial additions to the book to cover the defeat of the Spanish Armada etc. ESTC S114485.
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