A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. By Fray Antonio Agapida.
by [IRVING, Washington]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829.. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. Tall 12º, recent crimson half morocco, spines with raised bands in 5 compartments, gilt letter. Slight browning. Small brown marginal stain to upper outer corner of first half of volume I, not affecting text. 6-cm. tear to Y5 of volume I, without loss. Scattered light foxing to volume II. Uncut. Overall very good condition. 311 pp., (2 ll. advertisement); 319 pp. *** FIRST EDITION of Irving's entertaining history of the Christian conquest of Granada (1478-1492), which resulted in the expulsion of the Moors from Spain. Irving enlivened his history in several ways, most notably through the interjection of extensive quotations from an imaginary chronicle, said to survive in fragmentary form in the Escorial, composed by one Fray Antonio Agapida. The Chronicle was one of four books - the others being The Alhambra and two works on Columbus and his fellow explorers - produced during Irving's happy sojourn in Spain during the 1820s.*** BAL 10125 (small paper format). Not in Palau; cf. 121624 for the London, 1829 edition.
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- Bookseller
- Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21881
- Title
- A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. By Fray Antonio Agapida.
- Author
- [IRVING, Washington]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829.
- Keywords
- Spain, Moors, Granada, United States literature, Moslems, Reconquista, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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