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Histoire de la découverte et de la conquête du Perou

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Traduite de l'Espagnol d'Augustin de Zarate, par S.D.C.
Translation, by S. de Broë, of: Historia del descubrimento y conquisto de la provincia del Perù, first printed Antwerp, 1555; the first French translation was printed in Amsterdam, 1700.
European Americana records four issues of this work, largely page for page, printed in Paris in the same year.
This is a page for page resetting, without the "Privilege du Roy" at the end of the Paris, 1706 edition.
Pagination: v. 1: [40], 360 p., [15] leaves of plates (3 folded); v. 2: [6], 479, [1] p.
Signatures: v. 1: ã⁸ ẽ⁴ ĩ⁸ A-2G⁸⁻⁴; v. 2: ã⁴ (-ã4) (a1 verso blank) A-2R⁸⁻⁴ (2R4 verso blank) (2M4 missigned 2M2)
Title pages printed in red and black; engraved printer's ornaments on title pages; head and tail pieces; initials.

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"Histoire de la découverte et de la conquête du Perou" (1716). John Carter Brown Library. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:731494/

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