[HISTORICAL LITERATURE] A CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA. FROM THE MSS. OF FRAY ANTONIO AGAPIDA. (2 VOLUMES)

Washington Irving

Published by John Murray, London, 1829

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Two large 8vo. volumes (8 5/8" x 5 1/2"); in full taupe leather; xv, [1], 2-407 pages; viii, [1], 2-421 pages; with elaborate rules in gilt and in blind to the boards; raised bands with decorations, and black morocco title and volume labels; there are marbled endpapers, and dentelle turnins. Some minor flaking of the leather near the gutters. With a gift inscription: "T Windham | From his friend | Jacob Henry Delaval Astley | on his leaving Eton. | July 1836."~~Irving's vivid picture of the conquest of the Castilians over the Moors, as presented by the fictional Fray Antonio Agipida.~~An attractively bound set of the First English edition. (BAL 10126). Seller Inventory # 295546

Bibliographic Details

Title: [HISTORICAL LITERATURE] A CHRONICLE OF THE ...

Publisher: John Murray, London

Publication Date: 1829

Binding: Full Leather

Edition: First English Edition.