History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic (3 volumes)

William Hickling Prescott

Phillips, Sampson, & Co., Boston, 1858

[Washington / Chew : Local Loudoun, VA / Jefferson County, WV provenance] 3 volumes. Bound in publisher's black cloth, with blind tooling and gilt spine lettering. V.1 head of spine chipped. Frontispieces (portraits) plates, maps ; 24 cm.  Early gift inscription to Mrs. Col. Chew (Louise Fontaine Washington Chew), of Blakely (now Blakeley, Charlestown WV)  from Richard B. Washington (which his initials on the title).   Colonel R. Preston Chew (Louise's husband) was a noted  horse artillery commander in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, under Stonewall Jackson.