ROBERTSON, William.
An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India;
An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India;
and the progress of trade with the 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 - the religious institutions, of the Indians. [with] Account of the Life and Writings of William Robertson, D.D. F.R.S.E.
Stock Code 120801
London, Strahan, 1791; 1801.
First editions; 2 vols in 1, 4to (28 x 22.5 cm); 2 large folding maps, second a little misfolded; contemporary full diced calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, spine in six gilt compartments with later gilt calf lettering piece, all edges speckled red, extremities a little rubbed, a very good copy; xii, 364, [xii]; 202, [i] pp.
Kress B.2182.
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