[Rarebooks] FS: Prescott Conquest of Peru Signed

[Kaaterskill Books]

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Prescott, William H. HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF 
PERU, WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE CIVILIZATION 
OF THE INCAS. [TWO VOLUMES]. New York: Harper & 
Brothers, 1847. xl, 527 pp.; xix, 547 pp. Illus. 
with two engravings, 1 map, and 1 facsimile. Sm. 
4to. Publisher's brown cloth decorated in blind, 
gilt title and decoration on spine (hardback). 
Sabin 65272. Palau 236506. Field 1240. BAL 16346. 
Kent (Grolier 100 Books Famous in English 
Literature) 81. Gardiner P-2. Griffin 2975. 
Larned 4062 (London). Brunet IV, 864. First 
American edition. First issue with the necessary 
period lacking. State B (no order of sequence).

Inscribed by the author to the Spanish diplomat, 
Don Angel Calderón de la Barca, the husband of 
Fanny Calderón de la Barca, whose letters 
Prescott helped publish as the book "Life in 
Mexico" (1843) and used in his own book "The 
Conquest of Mexico."

"...a compact, lucid, and authentic account of 
the conquest of Peru by the Incas, and of their 
reign for two hundred years before they lost the 
empire, to the Spaniards, " (Field p. 318).

"A classic narrative history, a landmark when it 
first appeared in 1847..." (Griffin p.277).

Provenance: Library of Alberto Parreño with his 
bookplate on front pastedown, stamp of 
Castelfuerte on title page Very good copies, 
boards scuffed and sunned, endpapers discolored 
as usual, partly obliterating author's 
inscription, several leaves unopened (uncut), 
scattered foxing.  [35229] $1500.00


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