Collected Works of William Robertson

'Given [the] revived interest in Robertson, a new twelve-volume edition of [his] collected works is indeed to be welcomed ... This superb collection ... is, in the best sense, a labor of love ... Sher and Smitten have invested considerable care in ensuring that the collection includes complete and accurate texts of each of Robertson's works, and have expended great effort in locating the original texts, which are often rare ... The collection is further enriched by the presence of new explanatory texts and critical essays ... The work as a whole is well planned and thoroughly satisying ... the editors and publisher are to be congratulated for producing an authoritative edition ... a beautiful edition, attractively bound and printed ... the collection represents a worthy tribute to the life and work of a great historian.' - Stewart J. Brown, University of Edinburgh, UK

• Preface. Richard B. Sher, William Robertson's life and works selected bibliography of secondary literature Jeffrey Smitten, Robertson as historian Nicholas Phillipson, The history of Scotland (1794) 2 volumes 545pp, 612pp, The history of the reign of Charles V (1792) 4 volumes 514pp, 380pp, 464pp, 423pp, The history of America Books 1-8 (1792) 3 volumes 435pp, 499pp, 478pp, An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India (1794) 441pp, The history of America Books 9-10 (1796) 257pp bound with The situation of the world at the time of Christ's appearance (1791) 56pp, Miscellaneous works and Commentaries 450-500pp