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050 00 $aF3411$b.S62
090 $aF3411$b.S55 1805
100 1 $aSkinner, Joseph.
245 14 $aThe present state of Peru :$bcomprising its geography, topography, natural history, mineralogy, commerce, the customs and manners of its inhabitants, the state of literature, philosophy, and the arts, the modern travels of the missionaries in the heretofore unexplored mountainous territories, &c. &c. /$cthe whole drawn from original and authentic documents, chiefly written and compiled in the Peruvian capital ; and embellished by twenty engravings of costumes, &c.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for Richard Phillips ...,$c1805.
300 $axiv, 487, [1] p., [20] leaves of plates :$bill. ;$c27 cm. (4to)
500 $aPreface signed on p. xi: Joseph Skinner.
500 $aContents derived from El Mercurio peruano "as it was carried on during the first sixteen months, commencing with January 1791, and from various authentic sources ... 'Present state of Peru' has been compiled."- Pref., p. viii.
500 $aPrinter's imprint at foot of t.p. verso: Printed by B. M'Millan, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden.
500 $aIllustrations hand-colored.
500 $aPlate II is misnumbered as "III"; plate VIII is misnumbered as "II."
500 $aErrata on final p.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aThe Peruvian territory -- Natural history -- Mineralogy -- Commerce -- The Peruvian capital -- Indian and other inhabitants of Peru - -Topography -- Miscellaneous subjects of literature and philosophy -- Appendix.
510 4 $aAbbey, J.R. Travel,$c723
510 4 $aSabin$c81615
583 $aextracted picklist$c20081216$zBHLEX
590 $aSCNHRB copy 39088011476009 has blind-embossed stamp on t.p.: Bureau of American Ethnology Library; accession no.: 10658.
590 $aSCNHRB copy has a modern black quarter-morocco leather binding with red linen-covered boards and a gilt-lettered spine label.
650 0 $aIndians of South America$zPeru.
650 0 $aCostume$zPeru.
651 0 $aPeru$xDescription and travel.
700 1 $aMcMillan, Buchanan,$dfl. 1801-1834,$eprinter.
730 0 $aMercurio peruano.
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