History of the conquest of Mexico, with a preliminary view of the 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
1874
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3231771
Summary
Bibliographic description
New and revised edition / with the author's latest corrections and additions, edited by John Foster Kirk. 2v., plates (some folded). maps,ports. ; 22cm. Imperfect: vol. 1 only (v.2 sheved separately). Inscribed "11 vols"; part of uniform set of Prescott's works. Provenance: nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, monogram "VHC" [i.e. Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet (1846-1924)]. Binding: nineteenth-century full green calf; double gilt fillet border; five false bands; gilt tooled spine. Red and brown leather spine labels, lettered in gilt, gilt-tooled board edges. Marbled endpapers and edges. Stamped on inside endpapers: "Bickers & son London".
Makers and roles
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) John Foster Kirk (1824-1904)