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Historia natural y moral de las Indias, : en que se tratan las cosas notables del cielo, y elementos, metales ... y guerras de los Indios.

Acosta, José de, 1540-1600 · 1608 · [Madrid] : Año 1608. Impresso en Madrid en casa de Alonso Martin. · 1 picture

A 1608 Spanish natural and moral history of the Indies by Jesuit writer José de Acosta, printed in Madrid for a readership interested in the New World's nature and peoples. The single picture is a printer's or owner's heraldic device: a coat of arms with a helmet, crest, dotted field, chevrons and a 'GAUDEO' motto scroll, showing ornate scrollwork a designer could borrow for emblem or crest work.

Indians of Mexico · Indians of South America · Natural history

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