History of the conquest of Mexico. With a preliminary view of thre ancient Mexican civilization, and the life of the conqueror, Hernando Cortés. By William H. Prescott. ... In two volumes. ...
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859)
Category
Books
Date
1860
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3188553
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v., plates. fronts. (ports.) ; 18 cm. (8vo.) Provenance: nineteenth-century crest bookplate, after 1831, with earl’s coronet: Lichfield [i.e. Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson, created Earl of Lichfield, 1831 (1795-1854); and also used by subsequent earls]. Binding: nineteenth-century calf; double gold fillet border; gold tooled spine; marbled endpapers and edges.
Makers and roles
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) John Foster Kirk (1824-1904)