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Jay I. Kislak Foundation Rare Books & Manuscripts

Grollier Catalogue
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Bernal Díaz del Castillo
(1495-1583)
Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva-España
Madrid: en la Imprenta de Reyno, 1632
88.025.0.1
Bartholomé de Las Casas
(1474-1566)
Holograph manuscript
ca. 1528
84.009.0.1
Bartholomé de Las Casas
(1474-1566)
Manuscript, Apologética historia sumaria
86.005.0.1
Gentleman of Elvas
Virginia Richly Valued by the Description of the Maine Land of Florida, Her Next Neighbor: Out of the Foure Yeeres Continuall Travell and Discoverie … of Don Fernando de Soto
London: Felix Kingston for Matthew Lownes, 1609
87.053.0.1
Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca
(1490-1557)
La relacion y commentarios de gouernador Aluar nunez cabeca de vaca, de lo acaescido en las jornadas que hizo a las indias
Valladolid: Fernandez de Cordoua, 1555
87.050.0.1
Anonymous
Techialoyan Manuscript: text in Nahuatl on 16 leaves, and illustrated with 23 full-page drawings, written on amate (fig tree bark) paper, from Santa Maria Itztacapan
Mexico, 17th century
96.009.0.2
René Goulaine de Laudonnière
(d. 1582)
L’histoire Notable de la Florida
Paris: 1586
86.025.0.1
Theodore De Bry
(1528-1598)
Brevis Narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae Provincia Gallis acciderunt, secunda illam Navigatione, duce Renato de Laudoniere classis Praefecto ...
Frankfurt, 1591
84.008.0.1
Anonymous
Manuscript documents in Spanish, and two Mayan dialects, Quiche and Kekchi, consisting of at least three separate texts
(156-?)
88.013.0.2
Anonymous
Lienzo (illuminated document) on amate (fig tree bark) paper
Mexico, ca. 1645
97.004.0.1
Francisco Lorenzana & Hernando Cortés
(1722-1804)(1485 -1547)
Historia de Nueva-Espana ...
Mexico: Joseph Antonio de Hogal, 1770
91.312.0.1
Girolamo Benzoni
(b. 1519)
Novae Novi Orbis Historiae id est Rerum ab Hispanis in India Occidentali hactenus Gestarum, & Acerbo illorum in eas Gentes Dominatu...
Geneva, 1578
64.007.0.1
Diego de Landa
(1524-1579)
Relation des Choses de Yucatan...Texte Espagnol & Traduction Française en Regard, Comprenant les Signes du Calendrier et de l’Alphabet Hieroglyphique de la Langue Maya...Avec une Grammaire & Vocabulaire...par Brasseur de Bourbourg
Paris: Auguste Durand, 1864
95.037.0.1
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