Garcillasso de la Vega.

Histoire des Yncas, Rois du Perou.

      Translated from the spanish by J. Baudoin in 2 vols. Amsterdam, Kuyper, 1704. 12mo. 10 ll., 512p., 4 ll., 492p., 18 ll. and 2 engraved frontisp., 1 folded engraved map and 2 engravings (one being folded and showing the "Temple du Soleil" with a small repair). Cont. full calf. *Sabin, 98752 under Vega; Palau 354821. The same Garcillasso who wrote the Histoire de la conquête de Floride (1731) and this is the incredible cruel story of the spanish destruction of the Inca Realm and esp. about its kings from Manco Capac to Atahhuallpa. This is the rare first edition as the later ones are from 1727, 1737, etc. and the subtitle states: avec une description des animaux, des fruits, des minéraux, des plantes... Ex libris of John Stackhouse pasted in on front.