An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had Of India

1794 History of INDIA Asia MAPS Egypt Hindustan Robertson Scottish Enlightenment William Robertson was a notable 18th-century Scottish historian, and, according to Humphreys, 'made significant contributions to the writing of Scottish history and the history of Spain and Spanish America.' While Robertson was most known for his histories of America and Great Britain, he also published an historical account of India. In… Read more about this item

London, A. Strahan & T. Cadell, Edinburgh, E. Balfour, 1791.4to. Contemporary calf (part of one hinge splitting but firmly holding).). With 2 large folding maps. XII,364,(12) pp.First edition; with the bookplate of the Bellingham Castle Library and the armorial bookplate of William Bellingham Bart. - William Robertson (1721-1793), the leading Scottish historian of his day, brought out this history… Read more about this item

London: 1809. Tall 8vo. v, 384, (20) pp. Contemporary full calf with gilt borders to boards. Gilt panels & lettering to spine. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Rebacked with slightly damaged original spine laid down. Rubbing to corners. Scattered spotting. Two folding maps. Binding firm. . Very Good. Full Calf. 5th Edition. 1809.

London: Cadell and Davies. GOOD - VG book, 3/4 brown leather, marbled boards & eps.. 1804 (1st 1791). 4th edition.. Hardcover. GOOD - VG book, 3/4 contemp brown leather. Marbled boards & eps. Spine in 6 sections separated by gilt rules. 8vo, 375,(2)pp . Top spine panel: "ROBERTSON'S WORKS", 2nd :"ANCIENT INDIA". Two maps which unfold in both directions. No… Read more about this item

1799 History of INDIA Asia MAPS Egypt Hindu Robertson Scottish Enlightenment William Robertson was a notable 18th-century Scottish historian, and, according to Humphreys, 'made significant contributions to the writing of Scottish history and the history of Spain and Spanish America.' While Robertson was most known for his histories of America and Great Britain, he also published an historical account of India. In… Read more about this item

William Robertson. An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients had of India; and the Progress of Trade with that 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 Judicial Proceedings – the Arts – the Sciences – and… Read more about this item

Printed by William Young, Philadelphia, 1792. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8 1/2" x 5 1/4". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Full leather with gilt stamping on spine and red spine label, 420 pages. Title continues: "and the Progress of Trade with that… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: John Bioren & Tho. L. Plowman, 1812. First American edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, old calf with modern brown cloth over spine, fair to good, some rubbing and wear, lacking maps, name clipped from title page and preface page. 384 pp, index.

London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791. Hardcover. 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… Read more about this item

London: For A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791. First Edition. Hard Cover. 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… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. Bioren & Tho. L. Plowman,. Good with no dust jacket. 1812. First American Edition. Hardcover. folding maps; 1st American ed. 8vo, contemp tree sheep, gilt-ruled spine, red morocco spine label; occasionally rubbed. With 2 fold maps. Minor dampstaining to upper fore-edge corner of back matter, some foxing & browning, but sound, attractive copy. American Imprints… Read more about this item

London, Strahan, 1791. . First edition, 4to, xii, 364, [xii] pp., 2 large folding maps, contemporary red and green morocco labels, light fade to upper cover, a very good copy. Robertson was encouraged in this work by his reading of Major James Rennell's Memoir on the Map of Hindustan, 1783 and also by Edward Gibbon. The work… Read more about this item

London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun, and W. Davies, 1799. Book measures 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Collation, vi,[2],441pp, 20pp index, 1pp booklist, 2 large folding maps. Bound in full period tree calf, flat gilt bands, gilt tooling. Calf rubbed, some wear loss on head and tail of spine, wear lines on hinge joints. Binding in good… Read more about this item

London : Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell,, 1794-01-01. 2nd. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Second edition. Late 19th century 3/4 black leather over marbled boards. vi, 441, [20] pages, 2 fold out maps. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Bookplate removal wear to pastedown. Foxing throughout. Offsetting to maps First map detached in two sections. Goldsmiths-Kress… Read more about this item

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Philadelphia: John Bioren & Tho. L. Plowman, 1812. First American edition. 384 pages plus index, hardbound. Ex-library with usual markings, sound contents and a heavily worn leather binding with cloth tape covering the spine. .

London: Cadell and Davies, etc., 1809. Paperback. Good. Fifth edition. Disbound and put into recent plain gray wraps, text very good, with two large folding maps, the one at the rear with neatly repaired tear (almost invisible repair). vi, 384 pp, index.

London: A Strahan, 1802. 4th edition. vii, [iii], 369, [3]pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Quarter contemporary calf. Very Good, front hinge starting. 4th edition. vii, [iii], 369, [3]pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Trade with India. Shipton and Mooney 24752. For the first edition: Goldsmiths' Library 16402; McCulloch p. 104

Albany, NY: E. and E. Hosford, 1822. 330pp/engravings/folding map. 11 p (index), The author's last literary effort. His historical outlook shaped in some respects by views shared with Hume and Adam Smith, the author William Robertson was already regarded by his contemporaries as an immensely successful historical writer by the time the present work was published. Encouraged by Gibbon,… Read more about this item

London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791. 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… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: John Bioren & Tho. L. Plowman, A. Fagan, Printer, 1812. First American Edition, from the Fifth London Edition. Good condition. Bookplate, and owner signature.