Sale 2473 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, April 12, 2018

313 c   (PERU.) Calancha, Antonio de la. Coronica moralizada del Orden de San Augustin en el Peru, con sucesos egenplares en esta monarquia. Engraved additional title page (defective and folded at edges to fit within binding). [28], 922, [27] pages. Folio, contemporary vellum, minor wear; lacking the plate at page 728, lacking free endpapers; intermittent toning, minor dampstaining. Barcelona: Lacavallería, 1639 [3,000/4,000] Second issue, with title page altered from 1638 to 1639. A scarce history of the Augustinians of Peru, with content on the Incas and missions from Ecuador to Chile. The plates were printed substantially larger than the text block, and are thus usually absent or defective. Offered without the second volume published in Lima in 1653. “The earliest work to mention use of cinchona, ‘Peruvian’ or ‘Fever’ bark, for treatment of fever”—European Americana 638/25 (cf 639/26); Medina BHA 977; Palau 39450; Sabin 9870.