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Juan de Abreu de Galindo; George Glas. 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, INCLUDING THE MODERN HISTORY OF THE INHABITANTS... London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley and T. Durham, 1764. Modern half black paper over marbled paper-covered boards. 4to; [8], viii, 368pp. With (4) maps including one folding and (2) on one page. ESTC T36478.
10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.
Boards with rubbed and bumped corners and edgewear, marbled paper lightly scuffed with some discoloration, age cracking to paper on spine, cracking at joints with upper board (and preliminaries through Contents) mostly detached, in removable protective jacket; interior lightly toned with offsetting, scattered foxing, and occasional light grime, small mark/stain, writing, and small edge chip; former library copy with library bookplate on paste-down, faint call-numbers on spine, library stamps to interior including unfortunate blind stamps on maps, final (2) leaves slightly loose due to hinge cracking at head, small tear at fold of first map; a fair to good copy due to fragility but most pages are quite clean and crisp.