The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquitiesHerrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625, authorMDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]engVolumes 1 and 2 dated 1725; volumes 3-6 dated 1726.An abridged translation of the first three decades of Herrera's "Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos," first published in Madrid, 1601-1615.The preface in volume 1 is in six pages, and the headpiece to the preface and to page 1 represents a hill with a flag on top, with a sun in the background; Sig. B is under the 'a' of "Seneca."Title page printed in red and black.Includes decorative head- and tail-pieces and initial letters.Includes index in v. 6.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary panelled calf. Armorial bookplate from the library at Dalkeith Palace (?).