History Of The Conquest of Mexico With a Preliminary View Of The Ancient Mexican Civilization And the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes By William H Prescott In Two Volumes Fourth Edition [Full Calf Leather Binding - Fourth Edition]

Published by London: Richard Bentley, 1849

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London: Richard Bentley, 1849, Fourth Edition in Two Volumes. Two volume set, attractive in full calf with raised bands, twin labels and gilt compartments. Portrait and folding map of The Valley of Mexico and Map of the Country Traversed by the Spaniards on their March to Mexico. Minor foxing. Lacking gilt to the number labels. Pagination : Vol. I – xxviii, 560pp; Vol. II – xiv, 584pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 8 ¾ (22cm) inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – gilt titles to twin labels, gilt raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, lacking gilt to the numbers. Joints – good condition – rubbed and worn. Corners – good condition – bumped and worn. Boards – good condition – full calf with gilt and blind tooled borders to front and rear, the outer edges of the boards are also decorated in gilt, marks and scratches. Page edges – good condition – all marbled, top edge darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – intact. Paste downs – good condition – marbled. End papers – good condition – marbled, subsequently tanned and foxed. Title – good condition – heavily tanned with some offsetting from the frontispiece, some foxing. Pages – good condition – tanned with minor foxing. Binding – good condition – an attractive set. See photos. …

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Title
History Of The Conquest of Mexico With a Preliminary View Of The Ancient Mexican Civilization And the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes By William H Prescott In Two Volumes Fourth Edition [Full Calf Leather Binding - Fourth Edition]
Author
William H Prescott
Publisher
London: Richard Bentley
Publication year
1849
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
4th Edition
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