Histoire naturelle et morale des Indes, tant Orientalles qu'Occidentalles [...].

8vo: [8]-352-[18] ff. (some min. dampst. and browning).

Contemp. limp vellum, flat spine (part. disbound).

3rd ed. of this transl. (1st Spanish 1590, 1st French 1598) by Robert Regnault. Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist José d'Acosta (c. 1539-1600) was sent to the West Indies and appointed second provincial in Peru. For ten years, he worked ardently for the conversion of the Indians. In this renowned work he gives a complete description of the customs, laws, ceremonies, etc., of the indigenous peoples, and provides very valuable information on the fauna and flora of these regions.
Ref. Sabin 125. - Leclerc 12. - DBS I-34-35.