William Robertson; Dugald Stewart: The Works of William Robertson, D.D. to Which is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Dugald Stewart, F.R.S. Edin. In Six Volumes. / The History of Scotland / The History of Charles V / The History of America

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William Robertson; Dugald Stewart : The Works of William Robertson, D.D. to Which is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Dugald Stewart, F.R.S. Edin. In Six Volumes. / The History of Scotland / The History of Charles V / The History of America

Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, et al., London, 1851

Original gilt-decorated full calf boards with gilt East India College coat of arms on upper and lower boards, spine in six compartments of raised gilt bands, floral motifs in lower 3, lion motif in 1, red and green label in 2 and 3 respectively, edges of boards gilt tooled. All edges and endpapers marbled. , Labels torn on volumes 2 and 4, corners rubbed, small marginal tears in maps not affecting image, and occasional browning. Otherwise, the book is a very attractive set in period decorative bindings., 8vo, P. Volume 1. (5), frontis, title, blank, half-title, advertisement, i-cxxx, preface, blank, 1-357, printer’s imprint, (6); Volume 2. (4), title, blank, 1-548, (4); Volume 3. (4), title, blank, iii-viii, 1-621, (5); Volume 4. (4), title, blank, 1-656, (4); Volume 5. (4), title, blank, iii-xxvii, blank, 1-726, (4); Volume 6. (4), title, blank, 1-325, half-title, 329-644, (4)., Includes a frontispiece in volume 1, two folding maps in volume 5 (South & Central America), and one folding plate of Mexican hieroglyphs, and four folding maps in volume 6 (Colombia & Ecuador, Mexico, Ptolemy’s South Asia, South Asia in the time of Ptolemy)., Volume : 6 Volumes

“A historical classic, the first successful eighteenth-century attempt to write a scholarly history of the Western Hemisphere.” (Griffin 517), Griffin 517

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