(PERU) [Xérez Francisco de] Libro Primo de la Conquista del

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(PERU.) [Xérez, Francisco de]. Libro Primo de la Conquista del Peru & Provincia del Cuzco de le Indie Occidentali. Woodcut arms on title page. Small 4to, later marbled boards; marginal worm holes, otherwise quite clean; bookplate of Alberto Parreño on flyleaf, catalogue description mounted on front pastedown. Complete with colophon leaf. Venice, 1535

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first italian edition, translated by Dominico de Gaztelu just a year after the Spanish first edition. One of the most important records of the conquest of Peru, written by Pizarro''s secretary by his request. After breaking his leg, Xérez brought his manuscript back to Spain along with a shipment of gold. Church 73; European Americana 535/21; Harrisse 200; JCB I:119; Medina BHA 95 (note); Sabin 105721; Swann Parreño sale, 9 March 1978, lot 888.