SOUTH AMERICA - "The disease of LAS CASAS". 1823. Engraved with etching and burin by Pierre ADAM (born in Paris in 1799), after the painting by Louis HERSENT (1777-1860). Proof with the letter, on wove paper, printed by Durand & Sauvé. Margins. This composition representing Las Casas, sick, treated by a woman's milk, the only elixir that could bring him back to health, testifies to the love that the Amerindians had for their great defender but also to a certain mixture of Christian and Amerindian charity. 55 x 72 cm. Condition A (Rare stains or traces of handling in the margins).