Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (2-Volume Set)
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893.
Octavo. Two volumes. 535 pp. (Vol I); 527 pp. (Vol II). Original cream cloth over beveled boards intricately stamped in gilt, green, and pink Moorish designs; spines uniformly sunned. Top edges gilt. Front flyleaf of Volume I features a contemporary holiday gift inscription dated Christmas 1892. Pronounced foxing present on flyleaves and heavily affecting the margins of the photogravure plates and tissue guards; text pages toned.
The "Agapida Edition" (Author's Revised Edition) of Washington Irving's classic. Framed through the satirical, pseudo-historical perspective of the fictional monk Fray Antonio Agapida, Irving weaves a rich tapestry of romance, chivalry, and brutal warfare.
Price: $85.00