Histoire de l'Amérique
By: par Mr. Robertson, ... Traduite de l'Anglois
Contributors: Suard, J. B. A. (Jean Baptiste Antoine), 1734-1817; Jansen, Hendrik, 1741-1812
Publisher: chez Panckoucke, libraire, Hôtel de Thou, rue des Poitevins.
Published: 1777
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 537
Subjects: History; Bibliography; Discovery and exploration
Work titles: History of America. Books 1-8
Notes: Translation, 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 conquuest of Mexico and Peru.

First edition published in France, in duodecimo and in 3 volumes, without approbation and royal privilege, and without illustrations. A different translation, by Marc-Antoine Eidous, was published in Maastricht, Netherlands, in 1777.

Vignette on title pages.

Signatures: v. 1: pi1 a⁸ A-Q¹² (pi1 verso, Q12 blank); v. 2: pi1 A-Y¹² Z⁶ (pi1 verso, Z5 verso, Z6 blank); v. 3: pi1 A-V¹² X⁶ (pi1 verso, X6 verso blank). Leaf C3 in v. 1 signed as: "C2"; leaf M1 in v. 1 signed as:  "N"; Leaf O4 in v. 2 signed as: "O3"

Direction lines in v. 1-3 read: "Tome I [-III]. Amér. supl." (error in v. 2, leaf V1: "Tome I.", rather than correctly "Tome II.")

Numerous errors in paging, especially in v. 3.

"Extrait succint de la lettre de Cortès à l'empereur, dont il est parlé dans la Préface." (v. 3: p. 447-448)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes, among them: "Catalogue des livres et manuscrits espagnols. Que M. Robertson cite dans cette Histoire." (v. 3: p. [449]-468)

John Carter Brown Library copy untrimmed, bound in three volumes.