A True and Particular Relation Of the Dreadful Earthquake Which happen'd At Lima, the Capital of Peru; and the neighbouring Port of Callao, On the 28th of October, 1746
Published by T. Osborne in Gray's Inn, London, 1748
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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
AbeBooks seller since August 29, 2017
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 975.00
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Octavo, xxiii, 341pp, [3]. Period brown leather, title in gilt over black morocco label, decorative gilt rule. A complete work with 9 folding plates: 5 illustrations, 3 plans and a map of Lima, Peru. Even toning throughout, some faint transference. Free of any notations or bookplates. Reinforced hinges, repair to top edge of spine, new gilt tooled leather spine label, leather has been conditioned and stabilized. (Sabin 97102) A very good example of this scarce historical work on earthquakes. This work was first published in Spanish, under the title "Individual y Verdadera Relacion de la extrema ruyna que padeciò la Ciudad de los Reyes Lima," by Pedro Lozano (Sabin 42590). It was anonymously translated into English by Henry Johnson.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A True and Particular Relation Of the Dreadful Earthquake Which happen'd At Lima, the Capital of Peru; and the neighbouring Port of Callao, On the 28th of October, 1746
- Author
- Lozano, Pedro
- Publisher
- T. Osborne in Gray's Inn, London
- Publication year
- 1748
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Leather bound
- Illustrator
- First edition of A True and Particular Relation of the Dreadful Earthquake which Happen'd at Lima, the Capital of Peru, by Pedro Lozano, complete with maps and plates.
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- First Edition.
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Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana, The First Edition Rare Books, LLC offers a wide variety of rare and collectible books from around the world. Our primary collection is built around U.S. political history, Western Military History, European Political History, and signed books from influential world figures.
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