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Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xxx, [2], 3-379, [1]; [5], vi-xi, [4], 2-405, [5] pp. White cloth with gilt, pink and green decorations on the front boards and spines; top edges gilt. Floral white and green endpapers and pastedowns. A beige ribbon bookmark in volume two only. Blue linen jackets with gilt lettering on the spines. Title pages printed in black and red, each leaf with a red decorative border. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece (each frontis with a tissue guard printed in red), volume one with 14 plates, each with a tissue guard printed in red, volume two with 14 plates. Illustrated with photographs taken by Richard H. Lawrence and others, one plate in volume two taken from a painting. The Agapida edition, author's revised edition. A publication intended as a gift set, with sumptuous decorative details. Volume one lacks its bookmark, volume two with a few small chips to its leaves' margins.
Synopsis
Although the following Chronicle bears the name of the venerable Fray Antonio Agapida, it is rather a superstructure reared upon the fragments which remain of his work. It may be asked, Who is this same Agapida, who is cited with such deference, yet whose name is not to be found in any of the catalogues of Spanish authors? The question is hard to answer. He appears to have been one of the many indefatigable authors of Spain who have filled the libraries of convents and cathedrals with their tomes, without ever dreaming of bringing their labors to the press.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000013433
- Title
- Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
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