Lima, Geronymo de Contreras, 1621.
Extirpacion de la Idolatria del Piru. Dirigido al Rey N.S. en su Real Conseio de Indias.
A fine and very genuine copy of the rare first edition of Pablo José de Arriaga’s meticulous account of the Indians of Peru at the turn of the 17th century. Intended as a manual to help clerics identify and eradicate native “superstitions”, the work is filled with minute details describing..... More