History of the conquest of Mexico, . with a preliminary view of the ancient Mexican civilisation, and the life of the conqueror, Hernando Cortés. By William H. Prescott, ... Fifth edition. In three volumes. 3019055.1

History of the conquest of Mexico, . with a preliminary view of the ancient Mexican civilisation, and the life of the conqueror, Hernando Cortés. By William H. Prescott, ... Fifth edition. In three volumes.

William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859)

Date

1850

Materials

bookcloth, paper

Measurements

186 x 125 mm; 37 mm (thickness)

Place of origin

England

Collection

Wallington, Northumberland

NT 3019055.1

Summary

Bibliographic description

v.1. . 8vo. With thumbprints (Macaulay's?).. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Publisher's red embossed cloth.

Provenance

Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt

Makers and roles

William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859)

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