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Lot 330
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
9:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$375
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PRESCOTT, William Hickling (1796-1859). Historia de la conquista de Mexico.... --[Vol. III title: Esplicacion de las laminas pertenecientes a la Historia Antigua de Mexico y a la de la Conquista...]. Mexico City: Ignacio Cumplido, 1844-1846.
3 volumes, 8vo (220 x 127 mm). Chromolithographic titles, 70 lithographed plates (1 colored, 4 folded), 1 folding map. Contemporary quarter red calf gilt, marbled boards (some light wear to joints and extremities). Provenance: K. E. H. (bookplate).
Second Mexican edition, preceded by an edition published in Mexico City by Torres in 1844, with plates depicting archaeology, codices, portraits, and scenes from the Conquest, most signed by Cumplido. This edition rare at auction. Sabin 65267.
Property from the Collection of Meredith Hill Kwiatkowski, Fort Collins, Colorado
Property from the Collection of Meredith Hill Kwiatkowski, Fort Collins, Colorado