M. Robertson – L’histoire de l’Amérique – 1778

M. Robertson - L'histoire de l'Amérique - Paris, Panckoucke, 1778. 4 vols. - Contemporary uniform polished calf, richly gilt spines in compartments with gilt moroccan letterpieces. Complete with 1 foldable engraved plate and 4 foldable engraved maps of the Gulf of Mexico, South America, Mexico and the Northwestern part of South America. Condition: Good. Occasional internal imperfections (for instance quire P in vol. 4 misbound), some hinges splitting, some corners showing and minimal other internal and external imperfections. In all, a good and attractive copy.* French translation of a very popular anthropological account of the indigenous history of Mexico and Peru. Borba de Moraes, p. 740-741: "In these volumes Robertson wrote the first history of the discovery and Spanish conquest of America based on ample bibliographical information and documents in the Simancas archives. The bibliography [catalogue of books and manuscripts] at the end of the last volume is remarkable for the time."