Lot N. 282
ROBERTSON, Guglielmo (William). Storia di America.
Florence, at the Allegrini, Pisoni e Comp. Press, 1778. Two volumes (Volume III and Volume IV). Octavo. Contemporary half-vellum bindings with gilt titles and decorative tooling on the spines.
Details of the work:
First edition of the celebrated Italian translation edited by Abate Antonio Pillori. The work by William Robertson (1721–1793), Royal Historiographer for Scotland, is considered one of the earliest modern and scholarly narratives of the discovery and colonization of the New World.
Iconographic apparatus:
The lot is of exceptional value due to the presence of large folding geographical maps, engraved in copper and printed outside the text, showing with 18th-century cartographic precision:
The region of Mexico and New Spain.
South America, with particular detail on the regions bordering the South Sea (Panama, Guayaquil).
Condition:
Sound, well-bound copies. The maps retain their original publisher’s folds and are in very good condition, free from significant tears. The internal leaves are fresh, with light marginal foxing consistent with the period.