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099 $aAdams 235.14
100 1 $aRobertson, William,$d1721-1793.
240 10 $aHistory of America.$nBooks 1-8.$lFrench
245 12 $aL'histoire de l'Amerique /$cpar M. Robertson, ... Traduite de l'Anglois.
260 $aA Paris :$bChez Panckoucke, libraire, Hôtel de Thou, rue des Poitevins.,$cMDCCLXXVIII [1778]
300 $a4 v. :$bill., maps ;$c17 cm.
500 $aTranslation, by Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard and Hendrik Jansen, of: The history of America. London, 1777, 2 v. in quarto. Contains Books I-VIII, the history of the discovery of America and the conquest of Mexico and Peru.
500 $aEarlier editions in French published Maastricht, 1777 and Paris, 1777.
500 $aDuodecimo edition, in 4 volumes, with approbation and royal privilege, also with plates.
500 $aPaging: v. 1: [4], xxvij, 28-34, 400 p., 1 folded leaf of plates; v. 2: [2], 653, [1] p., 1 folded leaf of plates; v. 3: [2], 586 p., 1 folded leaf of plates; v. 4: [2], 433, [7] p., 2 folded leaves of plates.
500 $aNumerous errors in paging, including in v. 1 p. xxii misnumb. as: "xx" and p. xxiij misnumb. as: "xxv."
500 $aPlates numbered: Pl. I.-V.; plates I-IV are maps.
500 $aErrata (v. 4: p. [1-3] at end).
500 $aIncludes half t.p.
500 $aHead-pieces; tail-pieces; vignettes.
500 $aPrinted marginalia and annotations.
500 $a"Extrait succint de la lettre de Cortès à l'empereur, dont il est parlè dans la Préface." (v. 4: p. 431-433).
500 $aSignatures: v. 1: pi² a¹² b⁶ (-b6) A-Q¹² R⁸ (pi1 verso, pi2 verso blank); v. 2: pi1 A-2D¹² 2E⁴ (-2E4; pi1 verso, 2E3 verso blank); v. 3: pi1 A-2A¹² 2B⁶ (-2B⁶; pi1 verso blank); v.4: pi1 A-V¹² (±M9)X¹⁰ (pi1 verso, X10 verso blank). Leaves a3-a6 in v. 1 signed as: "aij-av"; leaf R5 in v. 1 signed as: "R"; leaf M6 in v. 3 signed as: "Gvi"; leaf + M9 in v. 4 signed as: "*".
500 $aJohn Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.$5BRL
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes, among them: "Catalogue des livres et manuscrits espagnols, que M. Roberson [sic] cite dans cette Histoire." (v. 4: p. [434]-459).
510 4 $aSabin,$c71991
510 4 $aCioranescu, A. 18.s.,$c61162
510 4 $aQuérard, J.-M. La France Littéraire,$c8: p. 77
590 $aJohn Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.
651 0 $aAmerica$xHistory$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aLatin America$vBibliography Early works to 1800.
651 6 $aAmérique$xHistoire$xOuvrages avant 1800.
655 7 $aPublishers' advertisements.$2rbgenr
655 07 $aMarbled papers (Binding.$2rbpap
700 1 $aSuard, J. B. A.$q(Jean Baptiste Antoine),$d1734-1817.
700 1 $aJansen, Hendrik,$d1741-1812.
700 1 $aAdams, John,$d1735-1826,$eformer owner.$5BRL
710 2 $aJohn Adams Library (Boston Public Library)$5BRL
937 $aAmerican history.
955 $aR-B
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