Histoire de la decouverte et de la conquete du Perou
by Zarte, Augustin de (c.1514-1560)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
2 volumes. xl+360 pages with frontispiece, folding map and 13 copper plates (2 folding); viii+479 pages. Duodecimo (6 3/4" x 4") bound in original publisher full leather with five raised spine bands with red labels in gilt lettering with marbled end papers. First published in 1555.
Zarate was sent to Peru by the Emperor Charles V in 1543, as a tax collector to implement the Emperor's 'New Laws'. He was in Lima at the time of Gonzalo Pizarro's revolt, and the work concludes with Pizarro's execution and the subsequent incorporation of Peru into the Spanish Empire in 1548. The first edition, in Spanish, appeared at Antwerp in 1555. He had access to important sources that gave the historical work reliability. The plates show the life of Peruvians as well as representations of battles.
Condition:
Exlibris stamps to titles, handwritten note on front end paper of both volumes, book plates to front paste down, corners bumped, some light foxing, rubbing to extremities else a very good set.
Zarate was sent to Peru by the Emperor Charles V in 1543, as a tax collector to implement the Emperor's 'New Laws'. He was in Lima at the time of Gonzalo Pizarro's revolt, and the work concludes with Pizarro's execution and the subsequent incorporation of Peru into the Spanish Empire in 1548. The first edition, in Spanish, appeared at Antwerp in 1555. He had access to important sources that gave the historical work reliability. The plates show the life of Peruvians as well as representations of battles.
Condition:
Exlibris stamps to titles, handwritten note on front end paper of both volumes, book plates to front paste down, corners bumped, some light foxing, rubbing to extremities else a very good set.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CA1117
- Title
- Histoire de la decouverte et de la conquete du Perou
- Author
- Zarte, Augustin de (c.1514-1560)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Compagnie des Libraries
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1774
- Pages
- 2 volumes
- Size
- Duodecimno
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Peru, New Spain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Colonial America;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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