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A NEW AND BEAUTIFUL EDITION
OF
THE EARLIER WRITINGS
OF
WASHINGTON IRVING.
COMPRISING HIS
Sketch-Book,
Knickerbocker's History
of New York,
Bracebridge Hall,
Tales of a Traveller,
Chronicles of the Conquest
of Granada,
The Alhambra.
With a Splendid Portrait of the Author.
In two super royal octavo volumes, or done up in one very large
volume, extra cloth.
“The public are indebted to Lea & Blanchard for a number of
valuable editions of valuable works, within a year or two past, got
up in a style reflecting credit on their enterprise, as well as on the
state of the mechanic arts in this country. The latest publication
that we have seen of this character is, the works of Washington
Irving, who, in this country, if not in Europe, stands first on the
list of Belles Lettres writers. This edition of his works is worthy
of the author. It is in two octavo volumes, containing upwards of
five hundred pages each, with double columns, printed in large
clear type, on fine white paper, embellished with an elegant engraving
of Geoffrey Crayon himself, and handsomely bound. It
contains his inimitable History of New York, Sketch Book, Bracebridge
Hall, Tales of a Traveller, Conquest of Granada, and The
Alhambra. This volume is indeed a treasure. Every American
should possess and read the writings of Washington Irving. There
is a purity about them; and while they delight the imagination and
enlighten the understanding, they strengthen and fortify the moral
feelings.”
—Boston Mercantile Journal.
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