ROBERTSON, William

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ROBERTSON, William
Recherches historiques sur la connoissance que les anciens avoient de l'Inde et sur les progrès du commerce avec cette partie du monde avant la découverte du passage par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Paris, Buisson, 1792. In-8 (194 x 123 mm) of VIII, 536 pp, 2 large engraved folding maps. Marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, yellow edges (contemporary binding). See Brunet, IV, 1333 (note) & Kress, 2397 (2nd ed., London 1792). First edition of the French translation published one year after the English original. It contains a supplement with "observations on the civil status, laws and judicial formalities, arts, sciences, and religious institutions of the Indians". A good copy, complete with the two large maps (south- east part of Asia according to Ptolemy, and south-east part used for Mr. Robinson's historical research).
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