A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBU
by Irving, Washington
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York, 1828. Three volumes. xvi,399; 367; viii,[14]-420pp. plus folding map. Modern three quarter morocco and marbled boards. Contemporary signature on each titlepage. Light scattered foxing. Some discreet institutional blind stamps. Very good. Untrimmed. First American edition, published the same year as the first London. The ANB says of this work:
"Based on an abundance of documents available in Madrid, the biography was authoritative enough that it remained useful to scholars throughout the nineteenth century. Its understanding of history is not profound, but it offers a protagonist of heroic proportions, whose short-lived triumph turned to tragedy and who was both acclaimed and vilified for exploits that changed the course of history." BAL 10124
"Based on an abundance of documents available in Madrid, the biography was authoritative enough that it remained useful to scholars throughout the nineteenth century. Its understanding of history is not profound, but it offers a protagonist of heroic proportions, whose short-lived triumph turned to tragedy and who was both acclaimed and vilified for exploits that changed the course of history." BAL 10124
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBU
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1828
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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William Reese Company
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Marbled boards
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