The present state of Peru : comprising its geography, topography, natural history, mineralogy, commerce, the customs and manners of its inhabitants, the state of literature, philosophy, and the arts, the modern travels of the missionaries in the heretofore unexplored mountainous territories, etc., etc. / the whole drawn from original and authentic documents, chiefly written and compiled in the Peruvian capital and embellished bytwenty engravings of costumes, &c.
Published / Created:
London : Richard Phillips ..., 1805.
Physical Description:
xiv, 487 p. : col. plates ; 27 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsF3444 S54 1805+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 723BAC: This copy is the Abbey copy.Printed by B. M'Millan, Bow Street, Covent Garden.Preface signed: Joseph Skinner.
Subject Terms:
Phillips, Richard -- Publisher. | M'Millan, B. -- Printer. | Pendarves, E. W. Wynne (Edward William Wynne), 1775–1853 -- Bookplate. | Indians of South America -- Peru. | Voyages and travels. | Clothing and dress -- Peru -- History. | Ethnic costume -- Peru. | Peru -- History -- To 1820. | Peru -- Description and travel. | Stipple engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1805. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1805.