Sale 2563 - Lot 132
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Sale 2563 - Lot 132
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
Vega, Garcilaso de la (1539-1616)
The Royal Commentaries of Peru.
London: Printed by Miles Flesher for Jacob Tonson, 1688.
Folio, one of four variants printed by Flesher for different booksellers, engraved frontispiece portrait of translator Paul Rycaut bound opposite title, title printed in red and black; illustrated with eight (of ten) full-paged engravings; bound in later marbled sheepskin, old rebacking, now failed, front board detached, some discoloration to contents, a few frayed edges and closed tears, 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Wing G-217; ESTC R11046; European Americana 688/105; Palau 354799; Sabin 98760.
Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection.
The Royal Commentaries of Peru.
London: Printed by Miles Flesher for Jacob Tonson, 1688.
Folio, one of four variants printed by Flesher for different booksellers, engraved frontispiece portrait of translator Paul Rycaut bound opposite title, title printed in red and black; illustrated with eight (of ten) full-paged engravings; bound in later marbled sheepskin, old rebacking, now failed, front board detached, some discoloration to contents, a few frayed edges and closed tears, 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Wing G-217; ESTC R11046; European Americana 688/105; Palau 354799; Sabin 98760.
Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection.