Description: I have here for sale 4 vols entitled THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V by William Robertson. Vols I-III are the same sixth edition published by A Strahan, T Cadell and J Balfour, London in 1787. The fourth volume ties in with the narrative and continues the history from Vol III but is Vol VII of a 12-volume set entitled The Works of William Robertson, published by Cadell and Davies in 1817. Vols I-III have each an illustrated frontispiece - Vol I William Robertson, Vol II Charles V and Vol III Francis I King of France. Vol I covers A View of the Progress of Society in Europe from the Subversion of the Roman Empire to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century plus Proofs and Illustrations. Vol II covers History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V Books I-IV, Vol III covers Books V-IX and the 4th volume covers Books X-XII and the Index.Full calf leather hardboards (Vol IV has gilt bordering. Vols I-III have 5 raised bands to the spine but all the title labels are missing. Chipped to heads and tails and some minor loss to the head of Vol III. Boards all attached but rear board of Vol III is loose. Some sporadic foxing but large areas are clean. Marbled endpapers. Vol IV has 5 raised bands to spine with title and volume blocks and gilt lettering. Rubbed and worn to corners, head and tail of spine and joints. Bookplate to front endpaper for William L Leaf. Marbled page edges. Pages pretty clean. Vol I - 479 pages + index; Vol II - 376 pages, Vol III - 460 pages. Vol IV 420 pages including index. 22 x 14 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.
Price: 29.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2024-10-22T18:07:03.000Z
Shipping Cost: 61.61 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Leather
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: Europe
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: WILLIAM ROBERTSON
Publisher: A STRAHAN, T CADELL & J BALFOUR
Year Printed: 1787
Original/Facsimile: Original
