(PERU) Mendoza Diego Hurtado de Chronica de la Provincia de

Sale 2186 - Lot 365

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(PERU.) Mendoza, Diego Hurtado de. Chronica de la Provincia de S. Antonio de los Charcas. Engraved title page, cropped at top. Folio, contemporary vellum; scattered early annotations, a few side-notes slightly cropped, minor dampstaining, worming on inner margins, lacks leaves b6, G1, and G6; inscription of early owner Francisco de Lima on title page, inked John Carter Brown stamp on first page, and his bookplate of front pastedown with release stamp. (JCB) Madrid, [1665]

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"A work of importance for the history of the provinces of Cuzco and Bolivia"--Sabin 47835. European Americana 665/108; JCB III:130; Medina BHA 1378; Puttick & Simpson's Henry Stevens sale, May 1854, lot 680 (possibly this copy). Only one other copy known on the market since 1953.