Carlos Contreras
La ciudad del mercurio: Hunavelica, 1570-1700.
Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1982. Colección Mínima, 13. First edition. 126 pages.
Small-format softcover volume, measuring approximately 4.5" x 7", shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. This work offers two maps and several tables.
Study devoted to the Peruvian city of Huancavelica, situated in an area that was the most prolific source of mercury in Spanish America, and as such was vital to the mining operations of the Spanish colonial era.