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The Fifth Letter of Hernan Cortes to the Emperor Charles V: Containing an Account of HIs Expedition to Honduras
by Hernan Cortes, translated from the Spanish by Don Pascual De Gayangos
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
The book is bound in blue cloth with a vignette of Magellan's ship, the Victoria, stamped in gilt at the center of the front cover. The spine is badly sun faded, and there is minor fading across the top inch of the back cover. There is a small bookplate (blank) at the top left corner of the first paste-down page. Text is otherwise clean with no extraneous writing or marks. "The Fifth Letter" is No. 40 in the first series of publications by the Hakluyt Society between 1847 and 1873. It includes not only the letter from Cortes, dated 1526, but the society's 1868 annual report.
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- Bookseller
- Eugene Library Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ANT-AD-050323-1
- Title
- The Fifth Letter of Hernan Cortes to the Emperor Charles V
- Author
- Hernan Cortes, translated from the Spanish by Don Pascual De Gayangos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Hakluyt Society
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1868
- Pages
- 156
- Weight
- 0.80 lbs
- Keywords
- Hernan Cortes, Honduras, Hakluty Society
Terms of Sale
Eugene Library Friends
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eugene Library Friends
Biblio member since 2023
Eugene, Oregon
About Eugene Library Friends
The Friends of the Eugene Public Library is a nonprofit organization located in Eugene, Oregon. We sell donated books and ephemera to raise funds to support library programs for children, teenagers, and adults.
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