Author: Robertson, William, D.D.
Title: The Works of William Robertson, D.D. Eight Volume Set
Description: Oxford & London: William Pickering and Talboys & Wheeler, 1825. EIGHT VOLUMES. 8vo. Gilt Three Quarter Red Leather on Marbled Boards, Raised Bands, Marbled Endpapers, Letterpress, [approximately 400 pp. each], Good with tears to leather, wear & scuffing to edges and spines of boards, minor staining. Engravings. Contents: Vol I has a Frontispiece Portrait of Dr. Robertson engraved by W. H. Worthington, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. The volume commences with "an Essay on the Life and Writings of William Robertson", followed by the Preface, lxi pages. Then the First Book of the "History of Scotland"417 Pages. Engraved Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots opposite the first page. Vol II continues & Completes the History of Scotland. Frontis illustration of James I. 439 Pages + Index xxix Pages. Vol III, Frontis Emperor Charles V, after Titian. State of Europe, 172 Pages then History of the Reign of Emperor Charles V continues pagination to 450. Vol IV continues the Reign of Charles V, 414 Pages. Vol V completes Charles V followd by "Proof and Illustrations" re: progress of Europe. 369 Pages + Index for Charles V, xlix Pages. Vol VI Frontis, Christopher Columbus, begins the History of America. 444 Pages. Vol VII continues America and includes a Fold-Out Plate illustrated with Aztec Drawings. 402 Pages + Notes and Illustrations, 64 Pages. Vol VIII concludes America, followed by an intersting Historical Disquisition on India. .

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