Full calf leather bindings with red and black spine labels and gilt titles.
Robertson's comprehensive history of Charles V complete here in two volumes.
William Robertson (September 19, 1721 – June 11, 1793) was a Scottish historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh.
He was born at Borthwick, Midlothian and educated in Dalkeith and at the University of Edinburgh, where he studied divinity. He became minister at Gladsmuir (East Lothian) in 1743 and later at Lady Yester's Kirk and Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. A staunch Presbyterian and Whig, he volunteered to defend the city against the Jacobites led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart in 1745.
He became Royal Chaplain to George III (1761), Principal of the University of Edinburgh (1762), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1763, and Royal Historiographer in 1764. Member of the Poker Club. His most notable work was perhaps his History of Scotland 1542 - 1603 which was first published in 1759. He was a significant figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and also of the moderates in the Church of Scotland.
He is buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh.
CONDITION
The bindings are tight and firm and all covers are firmly attached. The outer hinges on volume I are starting to crack but holding firm. There is some minor wear to the extremities including some bumping to the corners and chips to the tops and tails of the spines. The spines are a little rubbed with very slight damage to he spine labels. The boards have a couple of marks including a black mark to the rear board of volume I. Internally the books are generally clean and bright apart from some age toning in places and scattered spotting. There is some staining to pages in volume I and the end papers of volume II. There is a copperplate signature to the front pastedown of volume II. Overall the books are in good condition.
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