Antique Print-MEXICO-AZTECS-OTUMBA-BATTLE-HERNAN CORTES-VALLEY-Cortez-1730

Engraving / etching on a verge type of hand laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 38.5 x 14.5 cm. The image size is ca. 36 x 12 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 15.2 x 5.7 inch. The image size is ca. 14.2 x 4.7 inch.

Plate page 261: A. Descente des Cortez dans la Vallee – Bataille dans la Vallee d’Ottumba – B. General des Mexiquains. (A. Hernan Cortes descending into the valley – Battle in the valley of Otumba – B. The Mexican General). This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from: ‘Histoire de la Conqueste Du Mexique, Ou de la Nouvelle Espagne, Par Fernand Cortez. Traduite de L’espagnol de Dom Antoine de Solis, Par L’auteur Du Triumvirat.’, published in Paris 1730 by Compagnie des Libraires. (Transl.: History of the conquest of Mexico. or New Spain, by Ferdinand Cortez. Translated from Spanish by Lord Antoine de Solis, author of Triumvirat.)Artists and Engravers: Engraver to be determined.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Original folds. Small tear bottom margin left, backed. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-MEXICO-AZTECS-OTUMBA-BATTLE-HERNAN CORTES-VALLEY-CORTEZ

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