Les Incas ou la destruction de l'Empire du Pérou. Paris, chez Lacombe,
MARMONTEL, (Jean Francois),1723-99.
Engraved frontispiece and 11 engraved plates (unsigned).
8vo. 2 vols in one. xxiv, 25-236pp. [2]ff. 253pp. [1]f. Contemporary vellum--backed boards (marbled nearly all rubbed away from sides). 1777
Contrefaçon of the first edition of this largely fictional account of the conquest of Peru in which Las Casas appears as defender of the Indians. In this edition there are 11 plates, (one more than the first edition), all before letters. "Contrefaçon trompeuse et assez bien executée" (Cohen-De Ricci 690-1). Tchemerzine VII,463.
