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William Robertson, 1721-1793.

Scottish cleric, historian, professor at Edinburgh during the Scottish Enlightenment

 

  


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Major Works of William Robertson

  • The Situation of the World at the Time of Christ's Appearance, 1755 [1759 3rd ed, 1775 5th ed], [era]
  • History of Scotland, during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI, till his accession to the crown of England, with a review of the Scottish history previous to that period, 1759, v.1, v.2, v.3 [1771 6th ed, v.1, v.2], [1797 15th ed, v.1, v.2, v.3]
  • History of the Reign of Emperor Charles V, with a view of the progress of society in Europe from the subversion of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Sixteenth Century, 1769, v.1 ("View", p.1), v.2. v.3 [1772 2nd ed, v.1, v.2, v.3 v.4 ][1782 new ed, v.1, v.2, v.3],[1787 6th ed. v.1, v.2, v.3, v.4], [posthumous: 1848  bk; 1874 bk]
  • History of America, 1777, v.1, v.2. v.3 [1778 2nd ed, v.1, v.2] [1780 3rd ed, v.1, v.2, v.3]
  • An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had of India, and the progress of trade with that country prior to the discovery of the passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope, 1792 [bk] [1812 ed, 1817 ed]
  • Works of William Robertson, 1812, (ed. Dugald Stewart)

 


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