The royal commentaries of Peru, in two parts
Subtitle: 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
By: Written originally in Spanish, by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega, and rendred into English, by Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt
Contributors: Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700
Publisher: Printed by Miles Flesher, for Richard Tonson within Gray's-Inn-Gate next Gray's-Inn-Lane
Published: 1688
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1019
Subjects: Incas; Indians of South America; History
Work titles: Comentarios reales de los incas
Notes: Translation of: Comentarios reales de los Incas, part 1 of which was first printed at Lisbon in 1609, with colophon dated 1608 and part 2 of which was first printed at Cordova in 1616.

"[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's introduction to The first part of the Royal commentaries, 1869-71, volume 1, page xvi.

There are two issues of printed by Miles Flesher, for Richard Tonson in the same year; this one has imprint reading "Richard Tonson within Gray's-Inn-Gate next Gray's-Inn-Lane"; the other has imprint reading "Richard Tonson at Gray's-Inn-Gate in Gray's-Inn-Lane"

"The second part of The general history of Peru ...", pages  [1-2], 417-1019, has divisional title page.

Signatures: A⁴ B² C-3G⁴ (-3G4) (2A4, 2I4, 2Y2, 3G3 versos blank) 3H-6N⁴ (3Q4, 6H4 versos blank) 6O² (6O2 verso blank) *² **²

Errors in paging: page 48, 3rd count, misnumbered 84; page 535, 5th count, misnumbered 527.

Includes index.

Title page printed in red and black; title printed within double rule border.

With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the translator.

Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), 354799n.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), G214.

European Americana, 688/104.

English short title catalogue, R34862.

Purchase; 2018; 19-155.