Peruvian Tales Related in One Thousand and One Hours, By One of the Select Virgins of Cusco to the Ynca of Peru to Dissuade Him from a Resolution he Had Taken to Destroy Himself By Poison. 3 Vols.

Interspersed with Curious and Historical Romances, Explaining the Religious and Civil Customs and Ceremonies of the Ancient Inhabitants of the Grreat Empire. xviii + 270; 286; v + 258 pp. Contemporary full calf; gilt decorated spine with red leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Engraved frontispiece in vols. 1 & 2 only. Calf rebacked on vol. 1 only; spine gilt slightly faded on all vols, except for spine labels which were added at some later date; interior bright. Translated from the original French by Samuel Humphreys and continued by John Kelly.