Two parts in one volume, paginated continuously. [8], 1019, [9] pp. With 3 (of 11) engraved plates. (Folio) 32.2x18.5 cm (12½x7¼"), period calf, rebacked with modern calf, morocco spine labels. First Edition in English.
First edition in English of this important source document on the destruction of the Inca empire. Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616) was a chronicler and writer born in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. The natural son of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca noblewoman, he is recognized primarily for this chronicles of Inca history, culture, and society.. His work was influential, well-received, and particularly notable as the first literature by an author born in the Americas to enter the western canon.
