ERCILLA, Alonso de (1533–1594). Primera, segunda, y tercera partes de la Araucana. Antwerp: Pedro Bellero, 1597.

Rare early edition of Ercilla’s epic. Ercilla describes the Spanish Conquest of Chile in what would become one of the most celebrated literary works from 16th-century Spain. Sabin 22722.

12mo (127 × 70mm). Woodcut printer’s device on title-page, part title-pages, woodcut tailpieces, blank O7and 2B4–6 (title-page repaired and stained, toned, lower margin of K6 trimmed affecting catchword and signature, without final blank). Contemporary vellum, yapp edges (toned, rubbed, worming through lower pastedown).

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