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America - ROBERTSON (William). The History... - Lot 82 - Hôtel des ventes d'Évreux
America - ROBERTSON (William). The History of America. London, Cadell & Davies..., 1817. 4 vol. in-8 contemporary cardboard, title labels on spine. 4 maps and 1 folding plate. First published in 1777 in English (barely a year after the declaration of independence of the United States of America), this work by Robertson (1721-1793), principal of the University of Edinburgh and historiographer to His Britannic Majesty for Scotland, was translated into French by Suard and Jansen the following year in 1778. Covering the discovery of America, as well as the conquest of Mexico and Peru, he was often praised for his rigorous work from bibliographical sources; volume 1 contains an interesting catalogue of the Spanish books and manuscripts that Robertson cites in this history.
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