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Original Watercolour, Titled: Pachacamac Ruins. The remains of Inca Cities – Lima, Peru. Car from Callao. March 4. Ca. 1910s.
by PERU
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Watercolours on paper ca. 17,5x25,5 cm (7x10 in). Mounted on a period album leaf ca. 23,5x30 cm (9 ¼ x 12 in), captioned in period ink on the mount. With another watercolour of the same size mounted on verso, the second watercolour is also captioned in period ink on the mount. Overall beautiful bright watercolours.
Attractive early watercolour view of the Pachacamac archaeological site near Lima, drawn by a British or American tourist in the early 20th century. The watercolour shows Pachacamac looking northeast towards the Andes. The site was settled before the Inca conquest and dedicated to the “Earth Maker” creator god Pacha Kamaq. It was utilized by the Incas and flourished for about 1,300 years until the Spanish invasion. Modern-day excavations in Pachacamac started in the 1890s. The watercolour on verso, taken during a ride on the Peruvian Southern Railway (Ferrocarril del Sur), depicts the sand dunes of the Arequipa desert with the Andean foothills in the background. The ink caption on the mount reads “From the train between Mollendo & Arequipa, Peru (7550 ft). March 1.” Overall a collection of two attractive early watercolour views of Peru.
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- Bookseller
- Globus Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M56
- Title
- Original Watercolour, Titled: Pachacamac Ruins. The remains of Inca Cities – Lima, Peru. Car from Callao. March 4. Ca. 1910s.
- Author
- PERU
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- Drawings and Watercolors, Latin America, PERU
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Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers' Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and has been in business since 1971. It was opened originally by Vladimir Azar as a shop for the Russian emigre public of the Bay Area. A small press operated there in the 1970s under the same name in the same building. Now, 50+ years in business, the shop still occupies the same premises with continued success.
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Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. Our goal is to seek out and offer rare and unique antiquarian items, including rare books, photographs, photo-albums, watercolors, drawings, manuscripts, archives, maps and prints.
Our team has many decades of experience helping to build many institutional and private collections across the USA and the world and we have seen and handled many important antiquarian items and collections.
We issue monthly catalogues with the newest acquisitions available for our subscribers.
We participate in many US and International antiquarian book fairs. Follow us on social media to receive the latest news and offers.
You can browse our collections in person during the shop's opening hours by appointment : Tuesday to Sunday, 11 to 5.
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