Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas. Translated from the Original Spanish Manuscripts, and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction.
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1873 (1872). xx, 220 pp. Illus. with 1 map. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 48. Spine sunned, headband chipped, tail with tiny tear, small institutional bookplate to front pastedown, owner's nautical bookplate opposite, otherwise a very good unopened (uncut) copy. Spain & Spanish America I: 422. Leclerc 1788. Item #33656
An account of the fables and rites of the Yncas by Christobal de Molina; An account of the antiquities of Peru by Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti-Yamqui Salcamayhua; A narrative of the errors, false gods, and other superstitions and diabolical rites in which the Indians of the province of Huarochiri lived in ancient times by F. de Avila; Report by Polo de Ondegardo. Indexes include one of Quichua vocabulary.
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