Lot 517
Lot 517
Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus

Washington Irving, 1831

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Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus

Washington Irving, 1831

Price Realised USD 1,008
Price Realised USD 1,008
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IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. Paris: Baudry, 1831.

From the library of French historian Henri Ternaux-Compans, who was the subject of Henry Raup Wagner's 1954 work, Henri Ternaux Compans: the First Collector of Hispanic-Americana. The present copy is a later edition of the work first published by John Murray. See BAL 10132 for first edition.

Octavo (173 x 100mm). Half calf over marbled boards (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Henri Ternaux-Compans, 1807-1864 (binding) – Free Reading Room Olneyville (stamp to endpaper and ink annotation to title page).
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