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 Almagrians, occasioned by quarrels about the division of the land. Of the rise and fall of rebels; and other particulars contained in that history. Illustrated with sculptures
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Type of record: Book
Title: 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 Almagrians, occasioned by quarrels about the division of the land. Of the rise and fall of rebels; and other particulars contained in that history. Illustrated with sculptures
Other titles: Comentarios reales de los incas
Classmark: BC Lt quarto LAS
Creator(s): Vega, Garcilaso de la (1539-1616)
Additional creator(s): Rycaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700) (Other)
Publisher: Printed by Miles Flesher, for Samuel Heyrick at Gray's-Inn-Gate in Holburn,$cl688
Publication city: London
Date(s): [date of publication not identified]
Language: English
Size and medium: 22,27-1,019 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/275264
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000225819705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
One of four editions listed for this year. Contains two title-pages with identical wording.
Errors in pagination: p. 23-26 omitted; 48 misnumbered as 84; 535 misnumbered as 527.
Pt. l of the Spanish original was first printed at Lisbon in 1609, with colophon dated 1608: pt. 2 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 of the twnety-six chapters in the first book, and sixteen out of the twenty-six in the second."--C.S. Martkham's introduction to the First part of the Royal commentaries, 1869-71. v. 1, p. xvi.
Indexed in: Wing G215.
Additional description
Lowther Castle copy, with grey over heraldic label, and sale entry for 1947
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