Author: ROBERTSON, WILLIAM
Title: The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V: With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century (Three Volumes, Complete)
Description: London: W. Strahan, T. Cadell, and J. Balfour, 1769. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full mottled calf, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on burgundy labels in one compartment. xv, [i], 394, (13-Index), (1-Errata); 479; 456, (38-Index), (1-Errata) pp. William Robertson (1721-1793) was a Scottish historian, minister in the Church of Scotland, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Robertson became Royal Chaplain to George III (1761), Principal of the University of Edinburgh (1762), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1763, and Historiographer Royal in 1764, reviving a role within the Royal household in Scotland that had been in abeyance from 1709 until 1763. He was also a member of The Poker Club.. Former owner's armorial bookplate on each fep (Robert Rutherford), hinges professionally reinforced (in perhaps the 19th century), covers moderately worn, corners bumped, unmarked, tight and square. VERY GOOD. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: History; Charles V; England; Spain; Italy; Eastern Europe; Biography; Emperors; Rulers; History Biography & Memoir


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