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Description: 35 x 55 cm. Removed from: Robertson, William, Historical Disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India. A good copy, a few repaired tears and a few extra folds, some occasional foxing.
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB, East Jewett, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$201.00 + shipping
Description: 4to [28 x 23 cm]; xii, 364, [ii, index], [i, errata] pp, 2 large folding engraved maps, index, with the half-title page, appendices. contemporary cloth, spine title lettering, spine ends worn, light browning on outer margins of last few leaves, very good, interior clean and fine. An important work, the best on India of the time. The American edition was published without the maps. Kress B2182. Cox I, 304, Goldsmith 14602. A picture of this book is available on request.
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$250.12 + shipping
Description: First edition, 4to, xii, 364, [12]pp., half-title, 2 folding engraved maps at end, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, label. "In his sixty-eighth year the perusal of Major James Rennell's 'Memoir on the Map of Hindustan' (1793) set Robertson again to work, and within a year, encouraged by Gibbon, he brought out his 'Historical Disquisition concerning the Knowledge which the Antients had of India.' The book concluded with a wise hope that the account 'of the early and high civilisation of India, and of the wonderful progress of its inhabitants in elegant arts and useful science, may have some influence upon the behaviour of Europeans towards that people.' " - DNB.
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto [ 8 1/2 X 11 inches ], recent full morocco with raised bands, gilt title on spine, marbled page edges. [xii] 364 [12]pages fine condition throughout. Two large fold out maps, both fine and fresh with no tears, taping or other reinforcements. Text is bright. A large copy with very good margins. Scattered minor spotting, else a very good copy. Protected in a clear cover.
Seller: Tintagel, Springfield Center, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$373.63 + shipping
Description: 4°. XII, 364 S., 6 Bll. (Index). Mit 2 mehrf. gefalt. Kupferkarten. HLdr. Mit goldgepr. Rückentit. Die Karten etwas knittrig u. m. kl. Randeinr. Die letzten Bll. im rechten weißen Seitenrand etw. wurmstichig. Graesse VI, 138.; vgl. Brunet IV, 1332 - Die Erstausgabe erschien 1790. Diese `with the Author`s last Additions and Corrections` London 1791. - Der schottische Historiker William Robertson (1721-1793) beschreibt darin die Geschichte des Indienhandels vor der Entdeckung des Seeweges um das Kap der Guten Hoffnung. Im Anhang werden Staatsverfassung, Gesetze und Gerichtsbarkeit, Religion, Wissenschaft und Kunst behandelt. Gewicht in Gramm: 2000
Seller: Antiquariat Burgverlag, Wien, Austria
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Both large maps present. Contemporary brown 3/4 leather binding with gray, marbled, paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Gilt decorative lines bordering the leather on front and back. 9" x 10 1/2." 364 pages, complete. Appendix and Notes to the Appendix in back. Two black-and-white folding maps, complete. One map accompanies the "Historical Disquisition"; the other accompanies the Appendix. Twelve additional pages in back comprising an eleven-page Index and one page of Errata. Two former owners' signatures in black ink dated 1832 and 1852 on front free endpaper. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Pages have light to moderate foxing; some pages are virtually spotless while others have more noticeable foxing. Offsetting from maps on facing pages. Covers have some corner and edge wear and rubbing to front and back. Some wear to the joints; joints are still strong and holding. Book is protected in mylar, but two pieces of tape have been adhered; a small portion of each piece is touching the book's bottom edge. A Very Good copy. A Western perspective of Europe's interaction with India with emphasis on times of antiquity. There are three Sections with the following titles: "Intercourse with India, from the earliest Times, until the Conquest of Egypt by the Romans," "Intercourse with India, from the Establishment of the Roman Dominion in Egypt, to the Conquest of that Kingdom by the Mahomedans," and "Intercourse with India, from the Conquest of Egypt by the Mahomedans, to the Discovery of the Passage by the Cape of Good Hope, and the Establishment of the Portuguese Dominion in the East."
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print on red banner, raised bands; Boards in brown leather, light warping, tear along front hinge, light scuffing and toning to spine, light wear to edges and corners; Text block has tanning to endpapers, cracked hinges front and rear, slight amount of penciled marginal notation with notes on rear flyleaf, slight amount of occasional foxing, else clean and tight; "Robertson's Disq. on Anc. India"-- spine title; xii, 364 pages, 2 folded maps. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #3. 1367785. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. uncut; containing two very nice large folding Asian maps, half-title, 364pp., [11]pp.index, [1]pp. errata, bound in original paper covered boards, paper spine label printed in black; light foxing to end leaves; internally very bright; early owner's bookplate. Concerns the progress of trade with country prior to the discovery of the passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope, with an appendix containing observations on the civil policy, the laws and judical proceedings, the arts, the sciences and religious institutions of the indians. A very good copy.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Quarto. xiii, 364, [12]pp. []1, a4, B4Z4, Aa4-Zz4, 3A4-3B4. With the half-title present. First edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked. With two folding engraved maps by S. Neele, the first after Ptolemy and the second map executed in 1791 and published by Cadell. Additional illustrations. Kress B2182; Graesse VI, 138; Cox I, p. 304; Lowndes 2107; Goldsmiths' 14602; ESTC T78952.
Seller: Sam Gatteno Books, Grosse Pointe, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$888.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. pp. xii, 364, [11]index, [1]errata. with half-title. 2 large folding engraved maps. later half calf, preserving old spine label (light marginal soiling to half-title). First Edition. Cox I 304. Brunet IV 1332. Goldsmiths 14602. Graesse VI 138. Kress B.2182.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$920.75 + shipping
Description: 1791. Full calf, rebacked preserving original spine. 4to., 364 pp., folding map. extremities of binidng a little rubbed. A nice copy with wide margins.
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$962.50 + shipping
Description: First Edition. With two large folding maps. 4to, bound in full contemporary polished calf, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped, the compartments with central gilt ornamental tools, two compartments lettered in gilt, the covers with double gilt rules at the borders, marbled endleaves, edges marbled to match. xii, 364, [11 Index], [1 Errata] pp. Very bright internally, clean, crisp and unpressed, the maps in excellent condition, the board edges a bit rubbed, the spine panel with some wear, the outer hinges starting, the inner hinges solid and strong and unbroken. RARE FIRST EDITION OF A MAJOR WORK ON THE ANCIENTS AND INDIA. This was the last literary effort of the prolific Scottish historian, whom Gibbon referred to as a "master artist." He was an ordained minister in the Church of Scotland, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. "The thirty years during which [he] presided over the University perhaps represent the highest point in its history." He was also Chaplain of Stirling Castle and one of the King's Chaplains in Scotland. He made significant contributions to the writing of Scottish history and the history of Spain and Spanish America and this final work on India and the ancients. His work presented here is an account of ancient India and its relations with the West, the book is suffused with Robertsons characteristic 18th-century optimism, and concludes with the hope that his account "of the early and high civilisation of India, and of the wonderful progress of its inhabitants in elegant arts and useful science, may have some influence upon the behaviour of Europeans towards that people."
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
William Robertson. The Works of William Robertson. T. Cadell, London, 1791.
Price: US$1539.21 + shipping
Description: A rare collection of the complete works of the influential historian William Robertson, with his outstanding histories on Scotland, America, and India, illustrated with folding maps and fronitspiece. A complete collection of the works of the historian William Robertson. Robertson was a Scottish historian, a highly renowned Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and a significant figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. His works on the histories of Scotland, Spain, and Spanish America were significant contributions to the fields. His most notable work was his 'History of Scotland'. His histories, and his biography of Charles V, were a sublime look into the progress of European society. These works are important early histories, especially on America and India, with the author discussing the country, and Britain's relations with the countries. Containing; 'The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI Till His Accession to the Crown of England', complete in two volumes. The twelfth edition of this work. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece. 'The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V', complete in three volumes. The first edition of this work. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece. Volume III illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Errata slip bound to the rear of Volume I. 'The History of America', complete in three volumes. Volumes I and II are second editions, Volume III is the first edition. 'Additions and Corrections to the Former Editions of Dr. Robertson's History of America' is bound with Volume III. Volume I illustrated with a folding map to the frontispiece, and one folding map. Volume II illustrated with a folding map to the frontispiece, one folding plate, and one folding map. 'A Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had of India', complete in one volume. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a folding map to the frontispiece, and one folding map. In a full diced calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Minor rubbing to the boards and spines. Some light marks to the boards. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spies and to the extremities. A little and even fading to the spines. Scored to the boards of Volume VIII. A couple of scores to the rear board of Volume VI. Front joint of Volume II is strained. Front hinge of Volume II is starting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spots. Bookseller's label to the verso to the front endpaper of Volume I. Folding map to Vol IX with a small closed tear to the gutter. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1562.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, 4to, pp. xii, 364, [12]; 2 large engraved folding maps; recent quarter brown calf over marbled boards, red morocco label on spine; fore margin of one map miscreased. This copy with the ownership signature on the half-title of "C. Wm. Admiral Duff." Encouraged by his friend, Edward Gibbon, Robertson, the leading Scottish historian of his day, undertook this history of ancient India. He concludes with the hope that this account of "the early and high civilization of India, and the wonderful progress of its inhabitants in elegant arts and useful science, may have some influence upon the behavior of Europeans towards that people" (DNB). Kress B.2182.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.