Peruvian tales, related, in one thousand and one hours, by one of the select virgins of Cusco, to the Ynca of Peru, to dissuade him from a resolution he had taken to destroy himself by poison. Interspersed with curious and historical remarks, explaining the religious and civil customs, and ceremonies, of the ancient inhabitants of that great empire. Translated from the original French, by Samuel Humphreys, Esq;
Thomas-Simon Gueullette (1683-1766)
Category
Books
Date
1734
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3229605
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill. ; 12mo. Running number: 7837 (6443 crossed-out in vol. 1). Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 2. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript nineteenth-century shelfmark in pencil on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "24.H.7.8". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands on spines; double gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern along board edges; double gilt fillet decoration and vol. number on spines; red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Thomas-Simon Gueullette (1683-1766), author Samuel Humphreys (1698-1738), editor Giles King (fl. c.1730 - c.1750), engraver (printmaker)