A collection of William H Prescott‘s works

William H Prescott and John Foster Kirk, A collection of William H Prescott's works, London: George Routledge and Sons, no date [circa 1890s]

Beautifully bound in tan half calf over marbled boards, gilt titles on contrasting morocco squares and extra gilt to spines with 5 raised bands, marbled edges and endpapers
8.5 x 6 x 1.25 in (22 x 15 x 3.5 cm) (each)

The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott. Edited, with the Author's Latest Corrections, by John Foster Kirk. All volumes but the History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth, by William Robertson, D.D. With an account of the Emperor's life after his abdication and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies, works are the new and revised edition edited by John Foster Kirk.

History of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic came early in Prescott's career and was his first writing after abandoning his legal career.

Prescott's Works includes:
Biographical & Critical Miscellanies, 1875
[18] + 608 pages including 1 frontispiece

History of the Conquest of Peru With a Preliminary View of the Civilisation of the Incas, 1875
Volume I: xxxii + 469 pages including 1 frontispiece and 1 map
Volume II: xiii 473 pages including 1 frontispiece

History of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, 1878
Volume I: xxiv + 596 pages including 1 frontispiece and 2 black and white plates
Volume II: xii + 615 pages including 1 frontispiece and 2 black and white plates

History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, 1878
Volume I: xxii + 523 pages including 1 frontispiece and 2 black and white plates
Volume II: xii + 527 pages including 1 frontispiece and 2 black and white plates
Volume III: xi + 408 pages including 1 frontispiece

History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth, by William Robertson, D.D. With an account of the Emperor's life after his abdication, 1878
Volume I: xvi + 658 pages including 1 frontispiece
Volume II: viii + 705 pages

History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of The ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, 1878
Volume I: xxviii + 591 pages including 1 frontispiece and 2 folded maps
Volume II: xv + 580 pages including 1 frontispiece

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