Full tree calf with gilt banding, decoration and title on the spine. Gilt edging and Wilson’s Grammar School emblem on the front board. All edges and pastedowns marbled.

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Sotheran William Prescott, a graduate of Harvard, made Spanish themes the subject of his life’s work. The Encyclopedia Britannica notes that he was “the first English-speaking historian to reach a wide audience expressing the Spanish point of view” and that as a result he is still “the greatest Anglo-American historian of the Hispanic world.” Subsequent historians have also noted Prescott’s meticulous recreations and lively writing style