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Book/Printed Material Parte primera dela Chronica del Peru Parte primera de la Chronica del Peru / Parte primera de la Crónica del Perú

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Title

  • Parte primera dela Chronica del Peru : que tracta la demarcacion de sus prouincias, la descripcion dellas, las fundaciones de las nueuas ciudades, los ritos y costumbres de los indios, y otras cosas estrañas dignas de ser sabidas

Other Title

  • Parte primera de la Chronica del Peru
  • Parte primera de la Crónica del Perú

Names

  • Cieza de León, Pedro de, 1518-1554
  • Montesdoca, Martín de, printer
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Seville : Impressa en Seuilla en casa de Martín de Montesdoca], 1553.

Headings

  • -  Peru--Description and travel
  • -  Peru--History--To 1548
  • -  Indians of South America
  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  Spain--Seville

Notes

  • -  Printer's statement from colophon.
  • -  "Acabose a quinze de março de mill y quinientos y cinquenta y tres años"--Colophon.
  • -  This first edition was the only Spanish edition of the Chronicle. Written in four parts; the first describes the geography of Peru.
  • -  Signatures: [Maltese cross]⁶ 2[Maltese crosses]⁴ a-q⁸ r⁶.
  • -  Title in red and black within a woodcut border.
  • -  Text printed within borders. Following the Prólogo, text is printed in double columns within borders.
  • -  Woodcuts include initials, a large coat of arms on preliminary p. [1], a half-page illustration of Cerro de Potosí (leaf cxxii verso), and 41 small illustrations in the text (many repeated), including depictions of native people and a view of Lake Titicaca (leaf cxvii verso).
  • -  Brinley, G. Cat., 5345
  • -  Medina, J.T. Bib. hispano-americana, 157
  • -  Palau y Dulcet vol. 3, p. 490, item 54646
  • -  Sabin vol. 4, p. 73, item 13044
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1290
  • -  LC Copy 1 has author's autograph signature at end of text.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1996.038.00.0001
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-06-14 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • [20] p., cxxxiiii leaves [i.e. 268 p.] : ill., coat of arms ; 30 cm. (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F3442 .C557 1553
  • F3442 .C557 1553 Copy 2. 29 cm. Preliminary leaf [2] has an additional privilege for selling the book in Aragon pasted on recto; on verso is a privilege for printing the book in the Indies, and pasted over the name of the secretary is the name Juan de Samano. Bound in tree calf with gold stamping on spine. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50046508

Online Format

  • online text
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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Cieza De León, Pedro De, Martín De Montesdoca, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Parte primera dela Chronica del Peru: que tracta la demarcacion de sus prouincias, la descripcion dellas, las fundaciones de las nueuas ciudades, los ritos y costumbres de los indios, y otras cosas estrañas dignas de ser sabidas. [Seville: Impressa en Seuilla en casa de Martín de Montesdoca, 1553] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50046508/.

APA citation style:

Cieza De León, P. D., Montesdoca, M. D., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1553) Parte primera dela Chronica del Peru: que tracta la demarcacion de sus prouincias, la descripcion dellas, las fundaciones de las nueuas ciudades, los ritos y costumbres de los indios, y otras cosas estrañas dignas de ser sabidas. [Seville: Impressa en Seuilla en casa de Martín de Montesdoca] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50046508/.

MLA citation style:

Cieza De León, Pedro De, et al. Parte primera dela Chronica del Peru: que tracta la demarcacion de sus prouincias, la descripcion dellas, las fundaciones de las nueuas ciudades, los ritos y costumbres de los indios, y otras cosas estrañas dignas de ser sabidas. [Seville: Impressa en Seuilla en casa de Martín de Montesdoca, 1553] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/50046508/>.