Aspire Auctions -"An Historical Disquisition concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope", by William Robertson

Aspire Auctions

November 2005 Auction

578. "An Historical Disquisition concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope", by William Robertson

London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, Strand; and E. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1799. Third edition, with two fold out maps, full brown leather with black leather title insert and decorated spine. Marbled end papers, with book plate from H. T. M. Kirby. Also stamped in ink on fly page previous owners name. Front board almost detached, and front cover stained. Interior very good. Appr x8-1/2" x 5-1/2".

125/175 Sold $126.50
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