"Spain and Her Colonies Compiled from the Best Authorities" by Archibald Wilberforce, published by Peter Fenelon Collier, New York, mdcccxcviii (1898). The History of Spain from the time of Antiquity to the Hispano-American war, also a chapter on Spanish Art, Literature and Sport.

Hard boards, original red cloth [a little surface wear], gold lettering on spines, 6" x 8.1/2"; stamp of John Griff Edwardson the front endpaper and page# 5, the title page and the 358 pages, a few illustrations on glossy paper, a little foxing the plates and the pages next to the plates [including title pages], slightly soiled and damaged back-endpaper, very good condition.

Contents:

Spain in Antiquity -- The Caliphate of Cordova -- Medieval Spain -- Moorish Spain -- The Inquisition -- Their Catholic majesties -- United Spain -- Modern Spain -- Colonial Spain -- The Fall of the Empire -- The Philippines -- The Hispano-American War -- Spanish Art, Literature, and Sport. Chronological Table. The Sovereigns in Spain, England, France and Popes from 800 through 1880s.

Provenance:

From the library of John Griff Edwards, Portsmouth, Virginia.

John Griff Edwards (1870-1912) belonged to the old established settler family in Virginia. His father and uncles served in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. The grandfather, LeRoy Griffin Edwards (1804-1866), was the president of the Virginia Convention of 1864 which created a post-Civil War Constitution of Virginia. John's wife, Mrs. J. Griff Edwards founded and led the first of the United Confederate Choirs of America (1907). After that she was elected the 'Commander in Chief of the United Confederate Choirs.' In 1911 she published a volume titled "Echoes From Dixie A Collection of Songs Used in the South."

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