{"product_id":"history-of-the-reign-of-ferdinand-and-isabella-the-catholic-3-volume-set","title":"History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic (3 volume set)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrescott, William H.; Kirk, John Foster [editor]. \u003cstrong\u003eHistory of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic (3 volume set)\u003c\/strong\u003e. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1872). Universal Edition. [12527]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set is in exceptionally fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Prescott’s achievements as a historian and as a literary artist were remarkable. For example, the persistent demand for the \u003cem\u003eConquest of Mexico\u003c\/em\u003e has resulted in its publication in 10 languages at least 200 times and that of the \u003cem\u003eConquest of Peru\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\" - \u003cem\u003eBritannica\u003c\/em\u003e online.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45562768687170,"sku":"ABE12527","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC09249BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1792010266","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/history-of-the-reign-of-ferdinand-and-isabella-the-catholic-3-volume-set","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}