Collected Works of William H. Prescott:
The History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. By William H. Prescott. In Two Volumes. London; Richard Bentley; 1855.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain. By William H. Prescott. In Three Volumes. London; Richard Bentley; (Volume one from 1850 sixth edition, revised; & volumes two and three 1849 fifth editions, revised).
History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilisation of the Incas. By William H. Prescott. Fourth Edition. In Three Volumes. London; Richard Bentley; 1850.
History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilisation, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes. By William H. Prescott. Fifth Edition. In Three Volumes. London; Richard Bentley; 1850.
Critical and Historical Essays. By William H. Prescott. Second Edition. London; Richard Bentley; 1850.
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Though not published as a set originally, here we have a group of works by Prescott finely bound in uniform half calf with gilt roses on the spines. The condition of the set is particularly remarkable with the set showing as near fine on the shelf and very attractive indeed. Perhaps the nicest set of Prescott's famous works we have encountered to date. The bindings resemble those of Bumpus but are unsigned.
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Size: 126 x 180 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
[[frontis, i-xxviii, pp.1-466], [frontis, i-xvi, pp.1-468]], [[half title, frontis, title, v-xxxii, pp.1-452], [i-xviii, half title, pp.1-455], [i-xvii, half title, pp.1-487]], [[i-xxxi, half title, foldout map, pp.4-334], [i-xvi, pp.1-357], [i-xv, pp.1-334]], [[i-xxx, half title, foldout map, pp.1-413], [i-xix, pp.1-407], [i-xix, pp.1-444]], [i-viii, advertisement, pp.1-501].
Spines unevenly and lightly sunned with very minor scuffing. All boards securely attached with minor wear to joints and hinges. Boards near fine with sporadic superficial scratches and sporadic lines of sunning to joint areas. Very minor shelf and edge wear. Some very minor and uneven toning to page edges. Some leaf edges are cut slightly shorter than the rest. Endpapers foxed. Text block near fine and extremely clean with very sporadic very minor foxing. Plates transferred onto pages opposite. Frontispieces and title pages facing them are toned and foxed. Some page edges of Historical Essays remain uncut. Foldout map in volume one of the Conquest of Mexico with very small tear on the right of the fold.
[Similar UIN references: BLL01020317151; BLL01008945765; BLL01006806732; BLL01002983589; BLL01002983557; & BLL01017385485].
