Part of the book "landscape handbook of 1852" by the spanish uruguayan painter and calligrapher juan manuel besnes e irigoyen. 2 black and white lithographs. The 2 lithographed plates appear pasted in the landscape handbook and correspond to other authors. The left one, in which "francisco pizarro" is portrayed, appears signed by "a° carnicero. Del castro" and was previously published in volume iii of the book series "discovery and conquest of america or compendium of the general history of the new world by the author of the new robinson; translated from french, corrected and improved by d. Juan corradi. " the lithograph on the right shows the spanish writer "fernando de herrera", signed by "manuel salvador carmona" and was previously published in "portraits of illustrious spaniards of the 16th and 17th centuries; il. In: spanish parnaso. Volume vii. Madrid: antonio sancha, 1773". Date: 1852.
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