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1831 Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Christopher Columbus
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Description
First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Leather Binding
The first UK edition of this work, the publication of which actually preceded the first US edition.
Bound in full diced calf, rebacked and with the backstrip laid down.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, one plate, and a folding map. Collated, complete.
American author Washington Irving draws on Spanish chronicles and archival materials to examine the lives of the explorers that followed Christopher Columbus, such as Alonso de Ojeda, Amerigo Vespucci, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
In poetic prose, Irving portrays the dangers, hardships, and discoveries of the early Spanish expeditions in the New World.
Condition
Bound in full diced calf, rebacked and with the backstrip laid down. Externally, generally smart, with rubbing to the extremities, boards and joints. A little loss to front board and cracking to the joints. Spine is rubbed. Hinges are slightly strained, but holding firm. A few spots to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. A few spots to the first few pages and offsetting to title page.
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