Robertson, William - Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients Had of India

Printed by William Young, Philadelphia, 1792. First American Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8 1/2" x 5 1/4". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Full leather with gilt stamping on spine and red spine label, 420 pages. Title continues: "and the Progress of Trade with that 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--and Religious Institutions, of the Indians". Covers worn at extremities, overall staining, previous owner's name in ink on front free end paper and title page, Albany Library ink stamp on title page, found one instance of a pencil note in margin on p. 69 and a couple faint notes on rear end papers, scattered instances of light staining. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 0 oz.