Pedro De la Torre: Doctor to Conquerors

Description

Author: Lanning, John Tate  (1903-1976)

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press

Pub Date: 1974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Book: Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Gilt on front board and spine still sharp, easily readable.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Dust Jacket: Fair.  Price clipped.  Wear to head and foot of spine, front and rear flap corners worn.  Lower rear cover edge has an area where there was probably some moisture damage (semi-circular, about 1″  x 1½”).  Edge and corner wear.

Notes: De la Torre (about 1507-?)  arrived in New Spain about 1535.  He claimed to be a doctor, a graduate of the University of Padua.  You’re in a new country, who’s going to check your credentials?  De la Torre was a fabulist, albeit a really good one, good enough to be promoted, in his later years, to the highest medical office in New Spain.  A minor character in the early history of the conquistadors.  The first 5 of the 7 Appendices are in Spanish, not translated.