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THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC OF SPAIN (3 VOLS) 1859; HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF PHILIP THE SECOND, KING OF SPAIN (3 VOLS) 1861; HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU (3 VOLS) 1862; HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO (3 VOLS), 1870; by WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT pub by GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS 1859-1870, LONDON, NEW EDITION, HALF CALF, VERY GOOD THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC OF SPAIN (3 VOLS) 1859; HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF PHILIP THE SECOND, KING OF SPAIN (3 VOLS) 1861; HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU (3 VOLS) 1862; HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO (3 VOLS), 1870; by WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT pub by GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS 1859-1870, LONDON, NEW EDITION, HALF CALF, VERY GOOD These books measure 18cm tall and are 12cm deep. They stretch for 35.4cm along the shelf. This is a really unusual set of the works of Prescott, which looks to have been amassed by a Victorian collector over several years The owner had them bound in matching bindings. The works here are: Ferdinand and Isabella; The Conquest of Mexico, Reign of Philip II, and The Conquest of Peru. All have similar / matching half calf bindings brown leather, with marbled paper boards and red inked page edges. The spines have one red label and one green label each, black dentelles and lines to the raised bands and compartment edges, with a gilt cross to the centre of each compartment. All boards and endpapers are burnished and marbled. There is slight variation in the gilt stamped cross designs which tells me that the binding of each set was done at different times, possibly by different binders as the original owner bought them. The leather to the Peru set is a little darker. So, an interesting set with an intriguing history, that looks great on the shelf. Boards are very lightly rubbed and there is minor rubbing to the leather edges, prelims a little foxed, slight mellowing to page edges, otherwise clean. Very good. Note on the Author: William Hickling Prescott was was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. An important author in an unusual uniform binding. This is a really unusual set of the works of Prescott, which looks to have been amassed by a Victorian collector over several years The owner had them bound in matching bindings. The works here are: Ferdinand and Isabella; The Conquest of Mexico, Reign of Philip II, and The Conquest of Peru. All have similar / matching half calf bindings brown leather, with marbled paper boards and red inked page edges. The spines have one red label and one green label each, black dentelles and lines to the raised bands and compartment edges, with a gilt cross to the centre of each compartment. All boards and endpapers are burnished and marbled. There is slight variation in the gilt stamped cross designs which tells me that the binding of each set was done at different times, possibly by different binders as the original owner bought them. The leather to the Peru set is a little darker. So, an interesting set with an intriguing history, that looks great on the shelf. Boards are very lightly rubbed and there is minor rubbing to the leather edges, prelims a little foxed, slight mellowing to page edges, otherwise clean. These lovely volumes are high quality contemporary bindings and look fantastic on the shelf. Very good. Note on the Author: William Hickling Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. An important author in an unusual uniform binding. Seller Inventory # 007975
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