Beschreibung:

ARDOINO, ANTONIO. Examen apologetico de la historica narracion de los naufragios, peregrinaciones, i milagros ... en las tierras de la Florida i del Nuevo Mexico. Madrid: Juan de Zuñiga, 1736 [but 1749]. [2], 50, 43, [9], 70, [2] pp. Text in 2 columns, Folio (306 x 200 mm). Modern full calf. A very small marginal wormhole, just a few leaves with pale toning. In addition to the 50-page Examen proper, this issue also includes the "Naufragios de Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, y relation de la Jornada" and the "Comentarios de Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca;" present with separate pagination and indices. Published in response to accusations of impiety against de Vaca for working miracles. This appears to be the reprint extracted from Gonzalez de Barcia's Historiadores Primitivos de las Indias Occidentales published in Madrid in 1749. Palau 105051; Raines, p 11 (Examen only); Sabin 9771; Wagner Spanish Southwest, I, p 36. Acquisition: Butterfield & Butterfield, Feb 23, 1995, lot 903, $1,400.