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In-8 (cm. 23.20), cartonato editoriale, sovracoperta editoriale illustrata, pp. 223, (1), con illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
in-8°, 244 pages, ill. h.t. n., carte, broche, couverture illustree Exemplaire en gde partie non coupe. [HI-6]
Paris, Albin Michel 1970. In-8 carré broché, couverture illustrée de 316 pages. Bon état
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Faded spine and cover. 655 pages. Translated by John and Jeannette Varner.
Aquatint etching by Gallo Gallina with original hand coloring on wove (vellin) paper. Original blindstamp at bottom right image. Sheet size: 26 x 36 cm.; image size: 14 x 16,5 cm. Framed around 1900. Old collection stamp.
The envelope (141 x 73mm) is addressed to "Mr. T. Jenkin. 32, Strada Reale. Malta", contained within is a piece of brown cloth (46 x 21mm) with edges frayed, on the reverse of the envelope in a contemporary hand "A Piece of "Pizzaio's" "Shroud" taken from the Cathedral at "Lima" in 1870. Not by [Miracle?]. Pizzaro was the Conqueror of Peru about 1520." Gonzalo Pizarro (1513-1548) was a Spanish conquistador who was one of his brother Francisco's main lieutenants during the conquest of the Inca Empire. Gonzalo was cruel and ruthless, but undeniably a very effective soldier. After the conquest, he fought alongside his brothers and their supporters during the civil wars that broke out among the conquistadors. Later, he led the resistance in Peru to the "New Laws" of 1542, taking up arms against an official Spanish Viceroy: this earned him a royal execution in 1548. "Gonzalo's remains were not exposed to the indignities inflicted on Carbajal's, whose quarters were hung in chains on the four great roads leading to Cuzco. Centeno saved Pizarro's body from being stripped, by redeeming his costly raiment from the executioner, and in this sumptuous shroud it was laid in the chapel of the convent of Our Lady of Mercy in Cuzco." (Precott, The Conquest of Peru, p.497).
