Beschrijving
3 volumes in 2: XIV,345,(1 blank); (IV),330; (IV),182;(19 index),(1 blank) p. Half calf. 23 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 261832115) (Details: Back ruled gilt, and with 5 raised bands) (Condition: Bindings worn & scuffed. Corners bumped. 2 small paper shelf numbers on the upper boards. 2 small oval stamps on the title) (Note: This is a translation into Dutch of the second edition of ‘The History of Ancient Greece’ (1778), by the Scottish historian and minister of the Church of Scotland, Reverent William Robertson, 1721-1793, who was a significant figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and also of the moderates in the Church of Scotland. One of his most notable works is his ‘History of Scotland 1542-1603’, begun in 1753 and first published in 1759. (Source Wikipedia; but see also for Robertson: G. Ceserani, ‘Narrative, Interpretation, and Plagiarism in Mr. Robertson’s 1778 ‘History of Ancient Greece’, in ‘Journal of the History of Ideas’, Vol. 66, No. 3 (Jul., 2005), pp. 413-436)) (Provenance: On the front pastedown the booklabel of Mr. S.I.Z. Wiselius. See for the Dutch jurist, playwright and poet Samuel Iperuszoon Wiselius, 1769-1845: resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Wiselius) (Collation: 1: (*)2, *3, 2*4 A-X8 Y6 (leaf Y6 verso blank; minus blank leaf Y6); 2: pi2, A-V8, X6 (minus blank leaf X6); 3:pi2, A-M8, N6 (leaf N6 verso blank)) (Photographs on request)
