The royal commentaries of Peru, : in two parts. The first part. Treating of the original of their Incas or kings: of their idolatry: of their laws and government both in peace and war: of the reigns and conquests of the Incas: with many other particulars relating to their empire and policies before such time as the Spaniards invaded their countries. The second part. Describing the manner by which that new world was conquered by the Spaniards. Also the civil wars between the Piçarrists and the Almagrians, occasioned by quarrels arising about the division of that land. Of the rise and fall of rebels; and other particulars contained in that history. Illustrated with sculptures. Written originally in Spanish, by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega, and rendred into English, by Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt.
Vega, Garcilaso de la,1539-1616.
Rycaut, Paul,Sir,1628-1700.
White, Robert,1645-1703,engraver.
Lely, Peter,Sir,1618-1680,artist.
London : Printed by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson at the Judge's-Head in Chancery-Lane near Fleetstreet,
MDCLXXXVIII. [1688]
A translation of: Comentarios reales de los Incas.
"[Rycaut] had a very slight knowledge of the Spanish language and he did not scruple to make wild guesses at the meaning of sentences, and to omit whole chapters. Thus he only gives fourteen out the twenty-six chapters in the first book, and sixteen out of the twenty-six in the second."--C.S. Markham, introduction to The first part of the Royal commentaries, 1869-71, v. 1, p. xvi.
Title page in red and black.
With an additional letterpress title page.
With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the translator (pi1r), signed: P. Lely pinxit. R. White sculpsit.
Order of preliminaries varies.
Includes index.
"The second part of The general history of Peru" has divisional title page on 3G4; 3G3 is blank.
One of four imprint variants of this edition.
Wing (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Incas
England London.