Pedro Cieza de León (c.1520-1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru and Popayán. He is known primarily for his extensive work, Crónicas del Perú (The Chronicle of Peru), which has been a source of knowledge for centuries for different disciplines such as history, philology, geography, biology, anthropology, botany and zoology. He wrote this book in four parts, but only the first was published during his lifetime; the remaining sections were not published until the 19th and 20th centuries. The second part was not published until 1871.

First English edition, Hakluyt Society First Series, XXXIII; 8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); folding colour map as frontispiece, ex libris Inner Temple Library with bookplates and stamps, withdrawn stamp to titles, occasional marginal waterstaining; original publisher's gilt blue cloth, boards slightly dampstained and warped, spine slightly darkened, lower board slightly spotted, good internally; lvii, 438pp.