Conquista de las islas Malucas al rey Felipe III, N[uestr]o S[en]or
By: escrita por el Licen[cia]do Bartolome Leonardo de Argensola capellan de la magestad de la emperatriz y retor de Villahermosa
Contributors: Magalhaes, Fernao, -1521; Martin, Alonso, active 1609 printer; Ticknor, George, 1791-1871, former owner
Publisher: Por Alonso Martin
Published: 1609
Place of publication: En Madrid
Language: spa
Number of pages: 411
Subjects: Maps; Early works to 1800; History
Other titles: Conquista de las islas Malucas al rey Felipe III. Nuestro Senor; Ticknor Library of Spanish and Portuguese Literature.
Notes: Signatures: [par.]́œ A-2B́ı 2Ćœ.

Errors in pagination: p. 156-160 misnumbered 158-162; 177-192 misnumbered 179-194, p. nos. 316-319 repeated.

Engraved title in architectural border, with allegorical female figure representing "Maluca" seated on a crocodile holding a horn of plenty; engraving by P. Perret, according to Leclerc.

Ornamental initials, head- and tail-pieces (printer's ornaments and woodcut).

Side notes at outer margin; inner margins have markings A B C D ca. every 10 lines, as guide to the reader; lettering included with the p. number in the index.

"Cet ouvrage important ... renferme des documents interessants sur le celebre navigateur Magellan" (Leclerc).

Includes index p. 391-407.

Leclerc, C. Bib. americana, #2002

Holmes, Ruth E.V. Bibliogr. & hist. descriptions of the rarest books in the Oliveira Lima Coll., no. 37

Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del Librero hispano-americano (2. ed), 16089

Whitney, J.L. Catalogue of the Spanish Library and of the Portuguese books bequeathed by George Ticknor to the Boston Public Library (1879 edition), 232

Cataloged 20180405 gangulo

condition reviewed 20180521 cletizia

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy D.131.2  FOLIO quarterbound in brown goatskin with marbled boards. BPL gift bookplate of George Ticknor. BPL Embossed stamp on title page and on A1.