A relation of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America : with an account o...
A relation of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America : with an account of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people : together with the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain, to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by Don Bartholomew de las Casas, Bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties ; illustrated with cuts ; to which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.
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Publisher
London : printed for Daniel Brown ... and Andrew Bell ..., 1699.
Uniform title
Date
1699.
Call Numbers
SAFE/ 69/13
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Language
English
French, Spanish
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Physical content
[8], 248, 40 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Publication information
Publisher
London : printed for Daniel Brown ... and Andrew Bell ..., 1699.
Analytical title
Art of travelling to advantage
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1699.
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Dixson Library copy at SAFE/ 69/13 : Supervised access only by appointment through Manager Access & Information.
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Full title
A relation of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America : with an account of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people : together with the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain, to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by Don Bartholomew de las Casas, Bisho...
Variant title
Art de voyager utilement. English.
Art of travelling to advantage
Running title
Relation of the Spanish voyages and cruelties in the West-Indies
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Notes
General note
Abridged translations, from the French edition, of six of the nine pamphlets published in 1552 and of L'Art de voyager utilement. Cf. BM.
Dixson Library copy at: 69/13 has the bookplate of William Dixson (crest, motto, monogram). Washed notes on final page: William [...] Littleton, 1769. 30 days hath September, etc. Bound in 19th-century half morocco and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers; gilt edges. Five raised bands on spine; gilt tooling in spine compartments....
Citation / References Note
Wing (2nd ed.), 798A
ESTC, R200872
NUC pre-1956, NC 0180251
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SAFE/ 69/13
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74VvGPwZONLd
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991012496149702626
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