History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a preliminary view of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortés.
London: Ricahrd Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1844.
Price: $750.00
About the item
Second edition. Frontispiece portraits, signature facsimile, maps. xxx, 442 ; xvi, 439; xvi, 455 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Bound in full tan polished calf, gilt spine, t.e.g., by Riviere. Minor rubbing, else fine. Sabin 65262 (first edition), BAL 16340 (first edition); Grolier American 100, 51. Hill 1383 (First Edition); Graff 3356.
Item #221560
The Conquest of Mexico, beautifully written in a style which Prescott had labored for years to perfect, and based on the most searching inquiry into the original sources, set a new standard for the narrative type of history.” — Grolier One Hundred.
