History of the Conquest of Mexico

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H.

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a preliminary view of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the life of the conqueror, Hernando Cortés. In three volumes. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1850. 8vo mayor. Encuadernación tela con grofrado en tapas y dorados en lomo. Leve oxidación en interior. Falta vol.III. Vol I: Grabado en frontis a plena página por G. F. Storm (Hernando Cortés, Conqueror of Mexico) + xxxiv + mapa (Map of the Country traversed by the Spaniards on their March to Mexico) + 488 p. (Book I. Introduction. View of the Aztec Civilization; Book II. Discovery of Mexico; Book III. March to Mexico).  Vol II: Grabado en frontis a plena página por W. Greatbach (Montezuma, II, Emperor of Mexico) + xviii + mapa (Map of the Valley of Mexico at the Period of the Conquest) + 480 p. (Book III -continuation; Book IV. Residence in Mexico; Book V. Expulsion from Mexico).