Casas, Bartolomé de las HISTORY, OR VERY BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WEST INDIES; ACCORDING TO ITS TRUE SPANISH ORIGINAL PRINTED IN SEVILLE, WITH THE ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY FRANCESCO BERSABITA. In Venice, 1626, by Marco Ginammi.

Venetian 17th century with the first Italian version of the severe commentary expressed regarding the consequences of colonization on the local populations by Bartolomé de Las Casas (1474-1566), the Spanish Catholic bishop committed to the defense of the Native Americans; the author was also a witness to the events of Christopher Columbus' last voyage (1502) to the West Indies, of which he transcribed the Logbook of the navigation from Spain to Central America. With a typ. mark on the title page, text in 2 columns printed in Spanish and Italian, refined woodcut decorations. nt Copy with restoration on the edges of the front page, a slight diffuse halo.