Narrative and Critical History of America. 8 Vols.
Boston, New York, Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press, 1889. Standard Library Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original red cloth with gilt emblem and blind-stamped ruling on covers, gilt lettering and ruling on spines. Gilt top edges. Frontispiece portrait of Winsor with tissue guard. Black emblem on title page. The emblem on binding and title page represents a mask that forms the center of the Mexican Calendar Stone as engraved in D. Wilson's "Prehistoric Man" from a cast now in the collection of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland.
Assembled by a corps of eminent historical scholars and specialists under the editorship of Justin Winsor. Beautifully illustrated with an abundance of maps, drawings and reproductions of artwork. Each volume with extensive index.
Vol. 1. Aboriginal America. Vol. 2. Spanish explorations and settlements in America from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. Vol. 3. English explorations and settlements in North America, 1497-1689. Vol. 4. French explorations and settlements in North America, and those of the Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedes, 1500-1700. Vol. 5. The English and French in North America, 1689-1763. Vol. 6-7. The United States of North America [1763-1850] Vol. 8. The later history of British, Spanish, and Portuguese America.
Bindings with light wear along edges. Bindings and blocks lightly age-toned. Ex-Libris with illustration removed on inside front cover of volume one. Good to very good condition. Item #55412
Price: $500.00