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, ...
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859)
Category
Books
Date
1849
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3252449.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
Fourth edition. v. 1 : map, port. ; 8vo. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works by Prescott. Bookseller's pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "Fine Set / 11 vols / 12/10/0"; binder's name underlined in pencil. Provenance: Nineteenth-century seal armorial bookplate (Franks 9590): 'Sir Henry Hope Edwardes' [i.e. Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Bt (1829-1900), whose library was sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods in May 1901]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full polished calf; triple gilt fillet to form an outer border; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt tooled spine; red morocco spine label, gilt lettered: 'History of the conquest of Mexico'; black morocco spine label, gilt lettered: 'Prescott. / Vol. I.'; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt rolled turn-ins; gilt textblock edges; marbled endpapers. Binder's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'Bound by F. Bedford'.
Makers and roles
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859), author