History of the Conquest of Peru with a preliminary view of the Civilization of the Incas
by PRESCOTT William H edited John Foster Kirk
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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London: George Routledge red cloth rubbed and sunned lightly, gilt titled. xxi+ 459pp +302pp of Biographical and Critical miscellanies, undated, foxing to prelims and page edges, front hinge cracked, front paste down creased when bound. frontis. Biographical and Critical miscellanies includes Charles Brockden Brown (novelist), Irving's conquest of Granada, Cervantes, Madame Calderons life in Mexico, Italian narrative poetry, Scottish song and more.. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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- Title
- History of the Conquest of Peru with a preliminary view of the Civilization of the Incas
- Author
- PRESCOTT William H edited John Foster Kirk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- George Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- peru inca south america spainish exploration new revised Biographical and Critical miscellanies CE
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