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GLAS, George (trad.).- The history of the discovery and conquest of the Canary Islands: translated from a Spanish manuscript, lately found in the Island of Palma. With an enquiry into the origin of the ancient inhabitants, to which is added, a description of the Canary Islands...- London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764.- [8], VIII, 368 p.: 3 mapas (1 desdobr.); 27 cm.- E. First edition of a work divided into three parts. The first is a translation of a manuscript attributed to Juan de Abreu Galindo, with the account of Jean de Bettaencourt's expedition (1402); the second contains an ethnographic characterization of the peoples and language of the islands; the third, a description of the archipelago. Clean copy, with the folding map neatly folded. Full flecked sheepskin 20th century binding, with gold decoration on the covers and spine and roll squares. Sabin, 79.

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