La Araucana
05.02.2026 10:00UTC +00:00
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CHRISTIE'S| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1540309
Lot 61 | La Araucana
Estimate value
2000USD $ 2 000 – 4 000
Rare early edition of Ercilla’s epic. Ercilla describes the Spanish Conquest of Chile in what would become one of the most celebrated literary works from 16th-century Spain. Sabin 22722.
12mo (127 × 70mm). Woodcut printer’s device on title-page, part title-pages, woodcut tailpieces, blank O7and 2B4–6 (title-page repaired and stained, toned, lower margin of K6 trimmed affecting catchword and signature, without final blank). Contemporary vellum, yapp edges (toned, rubbed, worming through lower pastedown).
| Place of origin: | Belgium |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Place of origin: | Belgium |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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