Civilized Indian wearing a Poncho.[PlateXVII.]
[London: Printed for Richard Phillips, No.6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars; and to be had of all Booksellers. 1805.]
Hand-coloured stipple. 323 x 222mm. 12¾ x 8¾". some creasing.
A civilized Indian clad in the poncho, the dress of the Indians of Peru before their subjugation by the Spaniards. From "The Present State of Peru: Comprising of is Geography, Topography...&c.&c....and Embellished by Twenty Engravings of Costumes, &c". This book was meant to be an extract of the reports of Father Manuel Sobreviela (who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790) and Narciso Girbal y Barcelo (who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791), which appeared in El Mercurio peruano, a newspaper begun in Lima in 1791. However, the compiler was unfamiliar with Spanish and the translation is suspect.
[Ref: 23584] £120.00
Hand-coloured stipple. 323 x 222mm. 12¾ x 8¾". some creasing.
A civilized Indian clad in the poncho, the dress of the Indians of Peru before their subjugation by the Spaniards. From "The Present State of Peru: Comprising of is Geography, Topography...&c.&c....and Embellished by Twenty Engravings of Costumes, &c". This book was meant to be an extract of the reports of Father Manuel Sobreviela (who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790) and Narciso Girbal y Barcelo (who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791), which appeared in El Mercurio peruano, a newspaper begun in Lima in 1791. However, the compiler was unfamiliar with Spanish and the translation is suspect.
[Ref: 23584] £120.00