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De la Vega, Garcilaso, el Inca (1539-1616) The Royal Commentaries of Peru.
London: Miles Flesher for Christopher Wilkinson, 1688.
Folio, an abridged translation of the Commentarios Reales and the Historia General de Peru, one of four editions which were first issued in London in 1688 (priority undetermined); this issue with "First Part" and "Scond Part" [sic] on the title page; title printed in red and black; engraved portrait of the translator Paul Rycault (1629-1700) bound opposite title; illustrated with ten full page plates; bound in slightly later speckled calf, rebacked, each board with a gilt-tooled P bearing a crown, the ownership emblem of William Arthur, Sixth Duke of Portland, with his armorial bookplate inside the front board, along with that of Alberto Parreño and W.A. Herz; rebacking work worn; 12 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.
Wing G-217; Sabin 98760; Palau 354801; European Americana 688/105.
From the Library of the late Stanley DeForest Scott, sold to benefit the Library of the Grolier Club.
