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Prescott

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas

Richard Bentley, 1847

1375.00 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Year of publication
1847
Place of printing
London
Author
Prescott
Publishers
Richard Bentley
Edition
FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH AND A HANDSOME
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

2 volumes. First Edition. With two full-page engraved frontispieces and a page showing the signatures of Francisco Pizarro, coat of arms of Pizarro granted by the Emperor Charles V in gilt at the spine panels of each volume. Tall 8vo, bound in the publisher's original brown cloth, the covers with all-over arabesque designs blocked in blind, the spine blocked in blind and lettered and decorated in gilt. xxxvi, 480; xx, 490, [1] pp. A very handsome set, internally very fresh and clean and crisp, partially unopened, the bindings quite well preserved without chipping or loss to the cloth, mellowed by age, and with a bit of mottling as to be expected, still a very handsome set and scarce in the original cloth.
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