Publisher:
Harper and Brothers, New York , 1844,:
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, M DCCC XLVand M DCCC XLIV [1845 & 1844]. Pp [i]-xxxiv,[1]-488,(2),frontis portrait ( of Cortés) + double-page map; [i]-xviii,[1]-480,(2),frontis portrait (of Montezuma II) + double-page map; [i]-[xvii],(1),[1]-524,(2),frontis portrait (of Cortés) + plate (facsimile of Cortés signature). Index. 8vo, brown halfcalf, marbled paper covered boards, all edges mottled red, endpapers ma...
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