JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 18 June 2024 - 10:00 AM start
A folio edition of 'The Royal Commentaries of Peru in Two Parts' by Garcilasso de la Vega,
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,400
Lot Details
published by Miles Flesher for Jacob Tonson in 1688. First edition of the English translation. Red and black engraved frontispiece and other fine black and white engravings. Written in Spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega and translated into English by Sir Paul Rycaut. Rebound at a later date in leather. 305 x 333 x 65mm.
