[America] Robertson, W. L'histoire de l'Amérique

Paris, Panckoucke, 1778, 4 vols., w. 4 large fold. engr. maps of the Gulf of Mexico, South America, Mexico and the Northwestern part of South America, 1 fold. engr. plate, cont. polished calf, gilt spines w. mor. letterpieces. Occas. 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."