Excerpt from Catalogue of Rare and Curious Books, Including the Collection of M. Tross, Fellow and Corresponding Member of the Literary Society of Quebec: Comprising Important Works Relating to America, and the Indies, Early Versions of the Scriptures, in Various Languages, Bible Illustrations, a Series of Works on the Dance of Death, Scarce Books of Emblems, Jest Books and Facetiae This collection was formed for the Imperial Library of Mexico, and comprises above 7000 works relating to Mexico and North and South America, many of rare occurrence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.