South America.- Peña Montenegro (Alonso de) Itinerario para Parochos de Indios, first edition, half-title, decorative woodcut initials and tail-pieces, early ink inscriptions to endpapers and occasional underlining or marginalia, including ink inscription to half-title crossed through, N gathering working loose, 4¶6 strengthened at inner margin verso, the odd short marginal tear, touching text to H6 but without loss, some light browning, occasional soiling or light damp-staining, hinges weak but holding, contemporary vellum, title in ink manuscript and small paper label to spine, toning and soiling, yapp edges, remains of ties, [Palau 217532; Sabin 59623], folio, Madrid, Joseph Fernandez de Buendia, 1668.

⁂ An important guidance on the treatment of the indigenous populations of South America, given by Alonso de Peña Montenegro, Bishop of Quito from 1653 to his death in 1687.