11 volumes, uniformly bound from various editions of his works, i.e.: History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas. 2 vols. 3rd Ed. 1848. * History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes. 2 vols. 1865. * History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain. 1867. * History of the Reign of Philip the Second, of Spain. 3 vols. 1859-60. * History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth, by William Robertson, D.D. With an account of the Emperor's Life after His Abdication, by William H. Prescott. 2 vols. 1857. Together, 5 works in 11 volumes. Illustrated with steel-engraved frontispieces & a few other plates & maps. 8½x5½, 19th century uniform full polished tree calf with decorative gilt borders, spines tooled in gilt, raised bands, red & green morocco lettering pieces, blind-tooled inner dentelles, marbled endpapers & edges.

The primary works of the great 19th century historian, handsomely bound in full polished tree calf. Each with the bookplate of Edward H. Humphrys; Vol. I of Ferdinand and Isabella with presentation cards affixed to front free endpaper, dated 1912.