Prescott, William H.; Kirk, John Foster [editor]. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic (3 volume set). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1872). Universal Edition. [12527]
Three volumes in blue publisher's cloth, bright gilt spine titles, bindings clean and fine, 7 1/4 x 5 inches. Each volume with frontispiece: xxxiv, 504; xvii, 508; xv, 574 clean pp. Fine. Hardcover.
This set is in exceptionally fine condition.
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859), widely recognized by historiographers to be the first American scientific historian. Prescott was one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America.
"Prescott’s achievements as a historian and as a literary artist were remarkable. For example, the persistent demand for the Conquest of Mexico has resulted in its publication in 10 languages at least 200 times and that of the Conquest of Peru in 11 languages at least 160 times. He was the first English-speaking historian to reach a wide audience outside the Hispanic world with a history expressing the Spanish point of view. Spaniards, in Prescott’s histories, were often forerunners of progress." - Britannica online.
