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Robertson, William. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, The Eighth Edition. Strahan & Co., London, 1796.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: London: Strahan, 1796. Early reprint. In 3 volumes (VOLUME I only). Half leather over marble boards, 392 pp. Frontispiece engraving. Lacking 2" of spine cover, needs rebacking.

Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.

William Robertson. The History of America (Vol.III only). A Strahan, and T Cadell and E Balfour, London, 1796.

Price: US$110.45 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Volume three only of the three-volume seventh edition in full leather with gold bands and decoration to spine. Gilt title has faded. Ffep is almost detached and carries neat previous owner's inscription dated 1800. Fold-out chart of Aztec/Mayan sumbols intact but with a some creasing and two closed (5cm) tearsat rear. Backof chart, last page and endpaper muddied. Corners and edges scuffed, but still an attractive book. Ref:06861

Seller: Church Street Books, Lutterworth, LEICS, United Kingdom

Robertson, William. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. (Three Volumes Complete). W. Strahan, T. Cadell & J. Balfour, 1796.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Eighth edition. The set is very good for its age. Shelf rubbing to the boards. Mild foxing to the first and last few pages of each volume, but very little internally. A page loose in volume I and III. Binding is tight and square, with exception to volume I, where the the front board is shakey. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Robertson, William, D.D.. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. (In Three Volumes.). London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies. and E. Balfour, Edinburgh. MDCCXCVI [1796]., 1796.

Price: US$285.90 + shipping

Description: 3 volumes, the Eighth Edition, 8vo., pp: xii,[1]-392; iv,[1]-459; iv,[1]-490[2], engraved frontispiece in volume 1 by Ansell . Feb.1792, frontispieces in vols. 2 & 3 after Titian, half title in each volume, full contemporary tree calf, spines gilt ruled with 2 contrasting leather labels in red & green gilt lettered 'Robertson's/Charles. V.', & numbered, a little wear to the extremeties otherwise a handsome & attractive set in very good condition.

Seller: Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, United Kingdom

William Robertson. The History of America (3 volume set). London : Printed for A. Strahan ; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell) ; and E. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1796.

Price: US$435.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 3 volume set. 1796 printing. 7th ed. 4 engraved, folding maps. 1 folding plate. Bound in contemporary speckled calf. Gilt ruled. Minor chipping to spine ends. Marbled end sheets. With four folding maps of Mexico or New Spain (including California); the Gulf of Mexico, the islands and countries adjacent; South America; the countries on the South Sea, from Panama to Guayquil; and one folding plate. "Most highly regarded secondary source of its time." Howes R358. Divided into 10 books; books 1-8, relating to the discovery of America and the conquest of Mexico and Peru, were originally published in 1777; books 9-10, containing the history of Virginia and New England, first appeared to 1796. A comprehensive and detailed account of the United States in its formative years through the end of the 18th century.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Robertson William. The History of America.. A. Strahan and T. Cadell,, London:, 1796.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: 3 volumes, 8vo, period leather with partial morocco lettering and numbering pieces, lettering mostly gone on thrid volume, illustrated with 4 folding copper engraved maps and a folding plate of Mexican hieroglyphics. Spines very rubbed, and covers also show some wear, hinges tender, and top cover of volume one is partially detached, corners showing, minor foxing and aging, some foxing of map of Mexico, maps with some mild offsetting, preface misbound with some leaves at the end of volume one; contents generally clean; about very good. William Robertson (1721-1793) was a highly respected Scottish historian, clergyman and writer. He wrote a number of pamphlets and shorter articles, including articles for the Edinburgh Review, but in 1759 he published his very successful and first major work, The History of Scotland. The current title was first published in 1777, and went through several editions. It proved to be another success for Robertson, and is considered his most interesting book. However, despite the considerable scholarship, his rather unsympathetic view of Native Americans shows he was a man of his times. He begins, not surprisingly, with the discovery of America, and spends a good deal of time with the Spanish conquest. Considerable information on the American Indian is provided, including facts about their customs and manners, numbers, and missionary efforts. The work includes folding maps of South America, Countries in the South Seas, Mexico and New Spain, and the Gulf of Mexico. ODNB.

Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA, Florham Park, NJ, U.S.A.

ROBERTSON, William.. The History of America.. Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadel;, and E. Balfour, London, 1796.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Description: 3 vols. Complete with four engraved maps and one plate. 8vo, old full calf; gilt spines; the distinguished original owner's gilt initials at base of spines. The Seventh Edition. Spines darkened; tight and sound; contents clean.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

William Robertson. The History of America.. London, Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, and E. Balfour, Edinburgh : and sold by T. Cadell Jun. W. Davies, Successors to Mr. Cadell,, 1796.

Price: US$1102.58 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: By William Robertson, principal of the University of Edinburgh, historiographer to his Majesty for Scotland, and member of the Royal Academy of History at Madrid. In three volumes. The Seventh Edition. London, Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, and E. Balfour, Edinburgh : and sold by T. Cadell Jun. W. Davies, Successors to Mr. Cadell, 1796 3 volumes in-8 (22,5 x 14 cm) de XLIV-343, (1)-475 et (1)-422-(34) pages. 4 grandes cartes dépliantes et 1 planche dépliante de glyphes de l'ancien Mexique. Reliure de l'époque (vers 1800) veau raciné, dos lisses richement ornés, pièces de titre de maroquin rouge, tomaison ovale de maroquin noir, tranches citron, roulette dorée sur les coupes. Reliure de très belle facture, probablement anglaise. Infimes frottements, un coin légèrement usé, sinon très fraîches reliures, intérieur également très frais imprimé sur beau papier, sans rousseurs notables. A noter une petite brûlure sur le bord des plats du deuxième tome (coulure acide), tranche et marge des derniers feuillets tachées sans gravité. Texte en anglais. Nouvelle édition anglaise. Robertson (1721-1793) contributed to the history of Spain and Spanish America in his History of America (1777), "the first sustained attempt to describe the discovery, conquest and settlement of Spanish America since Herrera's Décadas". Cette histoire de l’Amérique depuis l'arrivée de Christophe Colomb jusqu'à la fin de la conquête espagnole est basée sur l'étude de documents historiques solides. On y trouve le récit des conquêtes par Christopher Columbus, Hernando Cortez, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Vasco de Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, Amerigo Vespucci. Les nombreuses notes historiques en fin de chaque volume sont très intéressantes. Les cartes géographiques sont très belles et parfaitement conservées. Provenance : Ex libris gravé monogramme non identifié. Très bel exemplaire conservé dans ses premières reliures en veau raciné.

Seller: Librairie L'amour qui bouquine, ALISE SAINTE REINE, France