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Un Viaje al Sur del Peru [A Trip to the South of Peru]; [together with] El Cuzco Historico y Monumental

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Un Viaje al Sur del Peru [A Trip to the South of Peru]; [together with] El Cuzco Historico y Monumental

by PRADO, Mariano Pena and Jose Gabriel Cosio [second work];

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Lima and Cuzco, Editorial Incazteca, 1933, 1924, First editions. . leather-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, marbled endpapers, tiny light and barely perceptible blind-stamp of previous owner in title margin, small hole in inside margin of some leaves of first work, very good or better. . 12mo [17.5 x 12.5 cm]; 2 works bound in one volume, [vi], 60, [i, index]; 119, [i] pp, 5 plates in the second work, including 2 folding. . Two works on southern Peru, the fist by Prado, historian, travelled from Lima, Arequipa, Puno and especially in and around Cuzco, with observations on conditions, indigenous peoples (los Quechuas), etc. The second work, gives a notice of the recently discovered Machu Picchu by Bingham, and describes other Incan and pre-Incan structures and sites in and around Cuzco. Two early works (in Spanish) providing a picture of southern Peru before tourists discovered the area and prior to the recent development. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

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Horizon Books CA (CA)
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Title
Un Viaje al Sur del Peru [A Trip to the South of Peru]; [together with] El Cuzco Historico y Monumental
Author
PRADO, Mariano Pena and Jose Gabriel Cosio [second work];
Format/Binding
Leather-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, marbled endpapers, tiny light and barely perceptible blind-stamp of previous
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Lima and Cuzco, Editorial Incazteca, 1933, 1924, First editions.
Size
12mo [17.5 x 12.5 cm]; 2 works b
Bookseller catalogs
Travel - South America;

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