Historia de la conquista de la provincia de el Itza: reduccion y progresos de la de el Lacandon y otras naciones de Indios b�rbaros de la mediaci�n del Reyno de Guatemala � las provincias de Yucatan, en la Am�rica Septentrional : primera parte ...: [All published.]

Madrid, en la imprenta de Lucas Antonio de Bedmar y Narvaez,, 1701.. 1701 Folio. [68], 660, [36] p. Collates pi2, a-h4, A-4S4. Text printed in two columns. Sabin 99643. Recent period style vellum binding with a central cartouche in blind on both boards and a gilt label to the spine. The last 8 leaves have small paper repairs to the blank lower corner and the final Con Privilegio leaf has neat restoration to the blank margins. None of the repairs affect the text in any way. Differential toning to occasional sheets and two facing pages noted with a small ink blot, but generally the text block is clean and tight. Contents: Engraved frontispiece signed Marcus Orozio Delint. Et Scupt. Mti. 1701, verso blank. Title page printed in red and black, verso blank. DEDICATORIA (a2-a3r.) APROBACION (a3v-b2r.) LICENCIA DE EL ORDINARIO. (B2v.) APPROBACION DE DON MANUEL GARCIA DE BUSTAMENTE (b3r.) EL REY (b3v.) APROBACION DE EL REVERENDISSIMO Padre Don Francisco de Ribera (b4-c1r.) EL REY (C1v-c2r.) ERRATAS (c2v.) TASSA (C3r.) indice de los capitulos (c3v-e4v.) PROLOGO AD LECTOR (f1r-f2v.) D.D. IOANNI VILLAGUTIERRE, (f3r-g4v.) EL LICENCIADO (h1r-h4r.) Dedicatory sonnets (h4v.) Text A-4S4. Colophon commencing CON PRIVILEGIO, one leaf with verso blank. The Author (fl.1701) did not visit the Americas but was a lawyer and relator (court reporter) of the Royal Chancery of Valladolid and later relator to the Council of the Indies, so was able to make use of the huge official archives in his writing. He provides a contemporary account of the political background to and the military conquest (1697-1701) of the Itzas, the last independent Maya kingdom in modern Guetemala. His work is a primary source for all subsequent researchers. The Author (fl.1701) did not visit the Americas but was a lawyer and relator (court reporter) of the Royal Chancery of Valladolid and later relator to the Council of the Indies, so was able to make use of the huge official archives in his writing. He provides a contemporary account of the political background to and the military conquest (1697-1701) of the Itzas, the last independent Maya kingdom in modern Guetemala. His work is a primary source for all subsequent researchers.