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Libri antichi e moderni

Prado, Mariano Pena And Jose Gabriel Cosio [Second Work]

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

1924-1933

68,62 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Dettagli

Anno di pubblicazione
1924-1933
Luogo di stampa
Lima and Cuzco. Editorial Incazteca
Autore
Prado, Mariano Pena And Jose Gabriel Cosio [Second Work]
Edizione
First editions.
Soggetto
Travel - South America Archeology
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

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. 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. A picture of this book is 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.