Translation: Bronis\u0142aw Teodor Grabowski (1841\u20131900)<\/p>\n
Publisher: Przegl\u0105d Tygodniowy Publishing House, Warsaw<\/p>\n
Year of publication: 1874.<\/p>\n
Format: 21 cm.<\/p>\n
Number of pages: 1,117.<\/p>\n
Binding: Period half-leather, with gilt lettering and the initials \u201cB.L.\u201d at the bottom of the spine.<\/p>\n
William Hickling Prescott wrote his works on Spain while virtually blind. In 1813, as a student at Harvard, he was struck in the eye by a piece of bread crust during a fight in the dining hall and lost his sight in that eye; his other eye was also affected. He wrote using a noctograph\u2014a frame with wires that guided his hand\u2014and his secretaries read to him documents from the archives in Simancas and Madrid. He composed entire chapters from memory and dictated them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe History of the Reign of Philip II\u201d (originally published 1855\u20131858) is his final work, left unfinished at the time of the author\u2019s death. Prescott portrays Philip II as a ruler convinced of his mission as a defender of the faith, against the backdrop of Counter-Reformation Europe, the War of the Spanish Succession, and the Battle of Lepanto. Translated by Bronis\u0142aw Teodor Grabowski (1841\u20131900); published by *Przegl\u0105d Tygodniowy* in a single volume of 1,117 pages.<\/p>\n
On the half-title page, there is a stamp reading \u201cWac\u0142aw Lewinson\u201d with the number \u201cNo. 12\u201d; on the title page, there is a pen signature reading \u201cB. Lewinson,\u201d which corresponds to the gilded initials \u201cB.L.\u201d on the spine.<\/p>\n
The book is in clean condition. There is a small tear on the back cover, and the spine is slightly scratched.<\/p>\n
An item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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