[William ROBERTSON (1721-1793), Scottish historian.] Set of - Lot 277

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[William ROBERTSON (1721-1793), Scottish historian.] Set of - Lot 277
[William ROBERTSON (1721-1793), Scottish historian.] Set of autograph manuscripts (drafts with corrections) forming 29 pp. of various sizes. [1817]. Set of manuscripts, with numerous erasures and corrections, whose author is not identified (perhaps Benjamin Constant who held, at that time, the column of the literary news in the Mercure de France; but the articles are not signed), having served for the article of the Mercure de France of May 3, 1817, column of the literary News (pp. 195 to 213) devoted to the republication of Robertson's work : " Histoire du règne de l'empereur Charles-Quint ; précédée d'un Tableau des progrès de la société en Europe, depuis la destruction de l'empire romain jusqu'au commencement suizième siècle ; par W. Robertson, traduite de l'anglais par J. B. Suard, secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie française ".
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