Román y Zamora, Jerónimo.

REPUBLICAS DE INDIAS: IDOLATRÍAS Y GOBIERNO EN MÉXICO Y PERÚ, ANTES DE LA CONQUISTA. FIELMENTE REIMPRESAS, SEGÚN LA EDICIÓN DE 1575, CON UNA ADDENDA DE LAS NOTICIAS QUE HAY EN LA CRÓNICA, DEL MISMO AUTOR, IMPRESA EN 1569, TOMOS I Y II. Colección de Libros Raros ó Curiosos que tratan de América, Tomo XIV and Tomo XV

Madrid, Libreria de Victoriano Suárez, 1897, 2 vols., 332; 328p. facs., illus., marbled endpapers, Quarter leather bound with raised bands and gold stamping, boards 17cm (some wear in spine and boards, ex-libris stamp in t.p., some foxing in pages, not affecting text, o/w very good copy) Two volume set of 19th century reprint of the detailed account by 16th century Agustinian friar Jerónimo Ramón y Zamora on the Pre-Columbian Mexico and Peru. Tomo I comprises the religious ritual and ceremonies in Mexico and Peru, describing in detail the human sacrifices, their sumptuous temples, the lives and costumes of their priests and priestesses. Tomo II contains historic descriptions of the various kingdoms, their traditions regarding education, administration, matrimony and death. The author based his texts in the "Relaciones" letters sent to the Catholic King and Queen of Spain by the conquerors

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