£48.00
Title: History of the Conquest of Peru by
Author: William H Prescott
Publisher : Swan Sonnenschein
Publication Undated c1880’s
Format: Hardback / Leather
Condition: A lovely copy of this book with half leather and marbled boards. Some scuffing to the corners and spine. The pages are very clean with no ink or pencil marks and page edges continue with the marble effect. Endpapers are alsp marbled.
Book measures: 22cm x 14.5cm with 510 pages
1 in stock
Written by one of America’s great historians, this gripping chronicle draws upon the firsthand accounts of eminent 16th-century captains and statesmen to relate the overthrow of the Inca empire by the Spanish adventurers under Pizarro’s command. Rich in vivid anecdotes, it recaptures the glories of Inca society before European contact.
With a preliminary view of the civilisation of the Incas. New and revised edition with the authors lates corrections and additions and edited by John Foster Kirk.
| Weight | 1.5 kg |
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