LA ARAUCANA. DIRIGIDA AL REY DON FELIPE NUESTRO SEÑOR. [Two Volumes] [Robert Southey's Copy]
Madrid: D. Antonio de Sancha, 1776. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition, housed in a slipcase in Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary full vellum with gilt ruling to boards and spines. Spines bear two black leather labels apiece with gilt lettering. Housed in a brown cloth-covered slipcase with black spine label and gilt titling. Binding carefully reinforced and tightened in the 20th century, with new head and tailbands as well as new endpapers, but with almost no outward signs of repair. Both labels at tail of spines worn. Occasional light toning throughout; no marginalia. Robert Southey's name and “1796” written on the verso of the front free end paper of each volume. Contains engraved portrait, folding map of Chile, and 3 plates. Three parts in two volumes, each with their own title pages. CONTENTS: Vol. I. (LVI, 298 pages) (Spine label almost entirely worn away; small chip to upper label. Includes additional half-title. Below Southey's name is a trimmed version of his bookplate.) – Vol. II. (413 pages) (Includes four line provenance note in pencil, stating it was bought from a bookseller in New York City, June 1871, and signed “J. W. Dodd”). Shelved in Case 0. More