HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO 1873 William Prescott Aztecs Cortes Montezuma!

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HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO, 3 Volumes, 1873. "with a Preliminary View of Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes" PRISTINE AND COMPLETE SET! Universal Edition! Written by William H. Prescott. Edited by John Foster Kirk. Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. Originally published by the author, 1843 and 1871. All pages are present and attached: 1462 total pages with illustrations . Approximate Dimensions of each volume: 5" x 7.25" Condition Description: Volume I (477 pages): forest green hardcover cloth book in near pristine condition with bright gilt lettering and emblem/shield on the spine. Binding is tight with no issues. Corners are bumped. Previous owners pencil marking on pastedown: "1 of 3 Set". Ex-libris sticker was removed as glue remnants remain with slight damage. Pages edges are browned along the edges; quick scan reveals no writing inside book. Book has musty smell expected of antiquarian books but it is not overwhelming. Volume II (463 pages): forest green hardcover cloth book in near pristine condition with bright gilt lettering and emblem/shield on the spine. Binding is tight with no issues. Corners are bumped. Remnants of tape repair to page 191, tape residue on page 190. Previous owners pencil marking on pastedown: "2 of 3 Set". Ex-libris sticker was removed as glue remnants remain with slight damage. Pages edges are browned along the edges; quick scan reveals no writing inside book. Book has musty smell expected of antiquarian books but it is not overwhelming. Volume III (522 pages): forest green hardcover cloth book in near pristine condition with bright gilt lettering and emblem/shield on the spine. Frontispiece of Cortes. Binding is tight with no issues. Corners are bumped. Very slight separation along a small portion of the front gutter but the binding remains strong. Ex-libris sticker was removed as glue remnants remain with slight damage. Pages edges are browned along the edges; quick scan reveals no writing inside book. Only Volume with an index; 56 pages. Previous owners pencil marking on pastedown: "3 of 3 Set". Book has musty smell expected of antiquarian books but it is not overwhelming. William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 – January 28, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite suffering from serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory. After an extensive period of study, during which he sporadically contributed to academic journals, Prescott specialized in late Renaissance Spain and the early Spanish Empire. His works on the subject, The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic (1837), The History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843), A History of the Conquest of Peru (1847) and the unfinished History of the Reign of Phillip II (1856–1858) have become classic works in the field, and have had a great impact on the study of both Spain and Mesoamerica. During his lifetime, he was upheld as one of the greatest living American intellectuals, and knew personally many of the leading political figures of the day, in both the United States and Britain. Prescott has become one of the most widely translated American historians, and was an important figure in the development of history as a rigorous academic discipline.Historians admire Prescott for his exhaustive, careful, and systematic use of archives, his accurate recreation of sequences of events, his balanced judgments and his lively writing style. He was primarily focused on political and military affairs, largely ignoring economic, social, intellectual, and cultural forces that in recent decades historians have focused on. Instead, he wrote narrative history, subsuming unstated causal forces in his driving storyline.... read more

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