ACOSTA (José d') Paris, Marc Orry, 1606. Histoire... Lot 2

ACOSTA (José d') Paris, Marc Orry, 1606. Histoire naturelle et moralle des Indes, tant Orientalles qu'Occidentalles. Où il est traicté des choses remarquables du Ciel, des Elemens, Metaux, Plantes & Animaux qui sont propres de ces païs. Pet. in-8 (17.8 × 10.8 cm), soft muted parchment, traces of laces (period binding). [8] ff. for title (verso blank), epistle to the king, warning, poems and excerpt from the privilege, 375 ff., [17] ff. table. Wood-engraved lettering and bands. Third edition of this French translation. Spanish Jesuit and naturalist José d'Acosta, born in Medina del Campo around 1539, died in Salamanca on February 15, 1600. He was sent to the West Indies as second provincial of the Jesuit order in Peru, and worked tirelessly to convert the Indians. His Histoire naturelle et morale des Indes (Natural and Moral History of the Indies), his most important book, was a great success and was translated into many languages (last Spanish edition in 1792). Binding a little worn, stain at head, weak solidarity of body of work and cover. Correct inside. Provenance - A. de Lancy (?) Canon Laudun (handwritten bookplate, dated 1626). - Duchesse de Berry (bookplate from Château de Rosny, with the motto "la Solitude"). - Paul Lebaudy (bookplate). Bibliography Sabin, n°125. Leclerc, n°10. Sommervogel, I, 36.Boucher de la Richarderie, I, p. 276 (editions of 1600 and 1619). Chadenat, n°5487.