Augustin de Zarate (vert.) - Histoire de la Decouverte et de la Conquete du Perou - 1700

Histoire de la Decouverte et de la Conquete du Perou (. . .) .

Published in Amsterdam by J. Lours de Lorme in 1700. 2 parts in 2 bindings. 8vo format (16 x 10 cm) . Uniformly bound in the original leather binding with richly gold-stamped spine. Pagination: (38) , 307 / (6) , 408 pp. With 1 engraved frontispiece, 1 folding map and 13 prints, 2 of which are foldable.

Good condition. Tires with some signs of wear, but generally in good condition. Minor damage to the leather of part 2. Interior slightly tanned, but generally good. The map with a tear.

First French-language edition of this important work. It is a standard work on the discovery, conquest and subsequent civil war in Peru. The author arrived in Peru in the entourage of the first viceroy, Blasco Nunez Vela, and witnessed the campaigns against the Incas and the civil war between factions of Spanish conquerors.

See also the photos.

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