Washington Irving A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada 1st Edition 1829

Description: A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. From the Mass. of Fray Antonio Agapida. By Washington Irving. Complete in Two Volumes. John Murray, London, 1829, half leather, 8.5 x 5.5”First British Edition In good condition for the age, moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to edges and corners.The books are thigh and no loose pages Spines abraded with slightly chipped ends.Present nicely.Internally price written on pencil on the first page, the first seven pages of volume II have a stain check the picturesPages are light toning and minor foxing spots, three pages have a small missing piece like the one pictured Bindings intact. Please see photos for better appreciation of the condition and let me know if there is any questions, thank you First British edition of Irving’s Conquest of Granada, with textual variants from the first American edition. Provenance of General Hon. Robert Meade (1772-1852) who was the son of a wealthy Northern Irish family. He was badly wounded and lost an eye in the battle of Rosetta (1807) in which the British were defeated by the Turks. The General visited Longwood with Hudson Lowe, presumably in the hope of catching a glimpse of the famous captive, and was spotted by Napoleon, always alert to the appearance of an unfamiliar senior officer.

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