Very rare first Antwerp edition of six dialogues in Spanish by Pedro Mexia (1496-1552), a humanist who lived in Seville. The first edition appeared in Seville in 1547. The work is dedicated to Perafan de Ribera, Marques de Tarisa, and includes a verse note to the reader by Gaspar Lupus. The six dialogues, in a very lively style, cover: "Dialogo de los medicos" on the advantages and disadvantages of the physicians; "Colloquio del combite" on comets; "Colloquio del sol" on the sun (and moon); "Coloquio del porfiado" on stubborn people; "Dialogo de la tierra" on the earth; and "Dialogo natural" on natural phenomenon such as the variety of clouds, thunder, earthquakes, etc.
The coat of arms on the binding is that first used in 1548 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504-1567), but the general style of the binding suggests the 17th rather than the 16th century.
With a tear across one leaf, repaired, but otherwise in good condition. The first and third of the 3 integral final blank leaves have been removed from the final quire and inserted as endleaves before the title-page. Ties lacking. A collection of six dialogues mainly on natural phenomena. Belg. Typ. 2113; BMC STC Dutch, p.133; Graesse IV, p. 512; Peeters-Fontainas 782; Palau 167369; NBG XXXV, cols. 267-268; Thicknor, Hist. of Spanish litt. I, pp. 537 & 555; not in Machiels.