[Rarebooks] FS: 1st Eng. trans. of a key work on the Spanish conquest of Peru. London: 1688

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(LATIN AMERICA) Garcilaso de la Vega. THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF PERU, in Two Parts. The First Part... of Their Incas or Kings... The Second Part. Describing the Manner by Which That New World Was Conquered by the Spaniards...   Illustrated with Sculptures. Originally Written in Spanish... Rendered Into English, by Sir Paul Rycault. London: Miles Fletcher for Christopher Wilkinson. 1688. Folio. (8),22,27-1019,(9)pp. Index. Title printed in red & black. With the frontispiece portrait and 10 copper engraved plates (one folding). A very nice clean copy. The internal blank leaf (3G3) before the section title to "The Second Part" is lacking, otherwise complete. Bound in 19th century gilt calf, red morocco spine label, over marbled boards. With the library label on the front pastedown, "From the Library of Janet Ashbee and C. R. Ashbee."  An attractive copy.   $3,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first English translation of this key work on the Spanish Conquest of Peru. Our imprint is Wing G216. There are 4 issues, all with separate Wing numbers, all dated 1688. Sabin 98760.

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