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.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 723
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.