- Book written in Spanish. The contents are very well structured and of very high interest. - The book is profusely illustrated with engravings outside the text. There are 10 on thick pink paper and 2...

- Book written in Spanish. The contents are very well structured and of very high interest.
- The book is profusely illustrated with engravings outside the text. There are 10 on thick pink paper and 23 on thin bone white paper. Many of the engravings are of very good quality.
- The author of the book is unknown.
- There is a reference to Pablo Alonso de Avecilla as a possible author, although we believe that this possibility is remote.
- Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco is one of the brothers who published the book. He was also a writer, so there is a strong possibility that he could be its author.
Parts of the contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with the complete text.
- Flyleaves. Title page. Legal page. Chapter I: The Wound. Chapter II: Julia. Chapter III: Filial Love. Chapter IV: Encounter. Chapter V: The Secret. Chapter VI: The Two Hurricanes. Chapter VII: Combat. Chapter VIII: Return - Sharks. Chapter IX: Juanita - Ascent of the Peak - Hurricane. Chapter X: East Indies - War with the monkeys. Chapter XI: Hunting of the Royal Tiger, the Panther of Asia and the Jaguar or Cheetah of America. Chapter XII: Water and Fire - Anthropophagous. Chapter XIII: Borneo. Chapter XIV: The Wave and the Drama. Chapter XV: Chaos. Chapter XVI: Sir Wiliams Barkler - A virgin forest. Chapter XVII: Calmness. Chapter XVIII: St. Helena - Sunset. Chapter XIX: Sadness. Chapter XX: Tongues - How the archipelagos have been peopled. Chapter XXI: The explorers. Chapter XXII: Times of the principal discoveries. Chapter XXIV: Christopher Columbus. Chapter XXV: Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Chapter XXVI: Ferdinand Magellan. Chapter XXVII: Don Pedro de Alvarado. Chapter XXVIII: Francisco Pizarro. Chapter XXIX: Pedro de Valdivia - Vicente Yañez Pinzon - Pedro Fernández de Quirós - Alfonso de Ojeda. Chapter XXX: Santiago Cook - Luis Antonio de Bougainville - Juan de Bethencourt. Index of Chapters. Placement of loose plates.
- Has 33 engravings, all of them outside the text.
Description of the book:
- Sewn binding of regular execution, with untreated guillotined cuts.
- Text and Illustrations in single colour printing in black, very good ink, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on white paper, of fine thickness and good quality.
- Hard covers in red half leather and blue paper.
- Spine with gilt horizontal irons. The title "AVENTURAS DE UN VIEJERO RELATADAS POR ÉLMO MISMO" and the initials of a previous owner "C-G-H" are stamped in gilt.
- Fine thick brown paper guards, printed with purple horizontal lines.

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$ 2,714.00

 Autor
Unknown
 Period
Second half of XIX Century
 Material
Paper
 Measures
[Height x Width]  9.06 x 6.50 inc.
 Weight
 22.43 oz
Conservation
Good

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