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Item #35933 History of the Conquest of Mexico. William H. PRESCOTT.
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History of the Conquest of Mexico

History of the Conquest of Mexico

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1843. 3 volumes, 8vo. xxxiv, 488; xviii, 480; xvi, [2], 524pp., plus 3 engraved portraits, 2 engraved maps and an engraved plate.

Publisher's brown cloth, elaborately blocked in blind, spine titled in gilt and with a gilt stamp reproducing the arms of Cortes. Housed in three green morocco backed slipcases.

First American edition: a cornerstone work for any collection on American literature or the historiography of Mexico. A stunning copy in original condition.

First printing of all volumes, with the errors uncorrected. "Set a new standard for the narrative type of history" (Grolier).

BAL 16340; Sabin 65262; Grolier, American Hundred 51; Hill, p. 240.

Item #35933

Price: $1,950.00

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