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La Aravcana [Araucana], primera y segunda partes [facsimile Madrid 1569 & 1578]
by Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good+. A reprint of the 1902 & 1903 De Vinne Press facsimiles produced from the copies of La Aravcana in the library of Archer M. Huntington. Boards in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Slight soiling on text block edges. Interior is crisp, clean and unmarked. Two volumes in one. Spanish language. The epic poem by the Basque-Spanish soldier and poet Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga (1533-1594), wherein he describes and celebrates the military conflict between the Spaniards and the Araucanian/Mapuche people of Chile. Ercilla had been a first hand witness to the conflict and participated in the fighting during his years in Chile, 1556-1563.
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014693
- Title
- La Aravcana [Araucana], primera y segunda partes [facsimile Madrid 1569 & 1578]
- Author
- Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kraus Reprint Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Araucana, conquistadors, Chile, South America,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Portland, Oregon
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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