[INDIA] - ROBERTSON (William) - Historical researches on the knowledge that the ancients had of India and on the progress of trade with this part of the world before the discovery of the passage through the Cape of Good Hope [...] - Paris ; Buisson, 1792 - 1 volume In-8° - 2 folded engraved maps in fine - Binding 1st half of the XIXth century marbled cardboard (dull corners) - Smooth spine decorated (rubbed cords) - Title page in orange paper - Yellow edges - Handwritten ex-libris on the title and engraved and armored ex-libris on the back : From the Dunbar library - Good copy in 1st French edition.

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