First English edition. In five books, bound as one, with separate title pages. Seven plates, including frontispiece portrait of Cortes (one double page, four extending) and two maps. Folio. Contemporary blind panelled calf, rubbed, with both outer joints split. Chipped title label laid in. Interior excellent. (xviii, including List of Subscribers), 163, 252 (including Books 2-4), 152pp. London, T. Woodward, 1724.