Huancavelica Mercury Mine by Arthur Preston Whitaker.

The Huancavelica Mercury Mine;: A contribution to the history of the Bourbon renaissance in the Spanish Empire by Arthur Preston Whitaker. Harvard University Press. Harvard Historical Monograph Series. (1941). 5 3/4 x 8  xiii, 150 pages Hardcover with no dust jacket.  Bright gilt lettering on the spine. Light tanning to the edges of the page block. Moderate cover edge wear. The small pink spot on the back cover, possibly from paint. Light bumping to cover tips. Previous owner's name in small lettered to black ink inside the front cover.  No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. JL25a       "The deposits of Huancavelica were disclosed in 1564, or 1566, by the Indian Nahuincopa to his master Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera. The Spanish Crown appropriated them in 1570 and operated them until Peruvian independence in