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Los Tres Primeros Historiadores de la Isla de Cuba
$500.00
D. Jose Martin Felix de Arrate, D. Antonio Jose Valdes and D. Ignacio Urrutia y Montoya. Edited by Rafael Cowley and Andres Pego
Habana (Havana): Andres Pego, 1876, 1877. FIRST EDITION. THREE VOLUMES. Hardcover. Small 4to. Very good. All bound in full leather with gilt and maroon title labels to spine. From the library of Otto Schoenrich with his initials in gilt at the foot of each spine. Minor rubbing and scuffing to leather. Minor bumping to corners. Browning to spines. Light red staining to front board of volume I. Ownership inscription to half title page of each volume. Minor browning and foxing to first and last few pages of each volume. Minor chipping and one small closed tear to half title page of volume II. Minor soiling to edge of text block of volume I which does not affect the interior. Text is clean and bright. Foldout to rear of volume I. Volume I: Llave del Nuevo Mundo Antemural de las Indias Occidentales. La Habana Descripta: Notices de Su Fundacion, Aumentos y Estado. Compuesta por D. Jose Martin Felix Arrate. Volume II: Teatro Historico, Juridico y Politico Militar de la Isla Fernandina de Cuba y Principalmente de su Capital La Habana. Por el Dr. D. Ignacio Jose de Urrutia y Montoya. Volume III: Historia de la Isla de Cuba y Especial de la Habana. For D. Antonio Jose Valdes. THIS IS A HEAVY SET AND MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING. IN SPANISH.Â
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