Ulloa, Don Antonio de, and Don George Juan [Y Santacilla], A Voyage to South America. Describing at Large, The Spanish Cities, Towns, Provinces, &c. on that extensive Continent. Interspersed Throughout With Reflexions on whatever is peculiar in the Religion and Civil Policy; in the Genius, Customs, Manners, Dress, &c. &c. of the several Inhabitants; whether Natives, Spaniards, Creoles, Indians, Mulattoes, or Negroes. Together with The Natural as well as Commercial History of the Country. And an account of the Gold and Silver Mines. …

London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, … 1760, second edition, two volumes, octavo, [xxiv], 1-498; [4], 410, [18] pp., two folding maps and five plates, contemporary polished calf, leather labels, some minor rubbing and scuffing to bindings, else a very good clean set. Ulloa, a Spanish admiral, was sent by the King of Spain with Juan to accompany La Condamine’s expedition, sent to undertake measurements in Peru. Ulloa’s account contains excellent descriptions of the natural history, natives, and the gold and silver mines of Peru. Sabin 36813, cf Field 1587 (later edition).                                                                                         $ 1000.00