The royal commentaries of Peru, : in two parts. The first part. Treating of the original of their Incas or kings: of their idolatry: of their laws and government both in peace and war: of the reigns and conquests of the Incas: with many other particulars relating to their empire and policies before such time as the Spaniards invaded their countries. The scond [sic] part. Describing the manner by which that new world was conquered by the Spaniards. Also the civil wars between the Picarrists and the Almagrians, occasioned by quarrels arising about the division of that land. Of the rise and fall of rebels; and other particulars contained in that history. Illustrated with sculptures. / Written originally in Spanish, by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega, and rendred into English, by Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt.
Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1688
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3016720
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 1019, [9] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; fol. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled sheep; double blind fillet border; blind ruled spine; on six raised bands; gilt lettered spine-label: Rycavt Commentarie of Perv.
Makers and roles
Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616), author Sir Paul Rycaut (1628-1700), translator