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The War of Quito and Inca Documents [Second Series, No. XXXI]
Pedro de (Text by); Sir Clements R. Markham (Translated and Edited by) Cieza de Leon
Published by Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1913
- Hardcover
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The War of Quito and Inca Documents [Second Series, No. XXXI]
Cieza de Leon, Pedro de (Text by); Sir Clements R. Markham (Translated and Edited by)
Published by Printed for The Hakluyt Society, Cambridge, 1913
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Contact seller3-star sellerHardcover. Condition: g+ to vg. First edition. Quarto. XII, 212, XXXVIpp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. This remarkable volume is mostly a translation of the third book (1543-44) of Cieza's "Civil Wars of Peru," translated and edited by Sir Clements R. Markha…m. The additional documents continue the narrative to c. 1568. For other sections of the same source, in volumes variously titled, see Second Series 42 and 54. Contents: Introduction; "The War of Quito," by Pedro de Cieza de León (LIII chapter), with notes; "Letter from the Bishop of Cuzco to the King"; "Indictment of the judges against the viceroy"; "Sequel"; "Letter from Carbajal to Gonzalo Pizzaro"; "Gasca's voyage"; "Murder of the Inca Manco narrated by his son"; "Mission of Figueroa to the Inca"; "Note on Molina"; Index. Minor shelf wear and staining to spine. Offsetting to endpapers. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.