ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE INCAS AND GENERAL HISTORY OF PERU
Book Details + Condition: University of Texas Press (Austin and London). First Edition, 1966. Complete two-volume hardcover set with dust jackets. 1487 pages total: Vol 1 (627 pp) and Vol 2 (860 pp). Translated with an Introduction by Harold V. Livermore. Originally written in 1609, this translation is the author’s firsthand account of the origins, development, and destruction of the Inca empire, from its legendary birth until the death in 1572 of its last independent ruler. The first volume details Incan history and culture; the second volume elaborates upon the conquest of the New World by the Spaniards. The work has long been considered one of the most important in the study of the history of the Incas.
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Both volumes are in very good condition, with firm binding; Parker's bookplate to inside front board; interior is clean and free of markings.
