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569 - [Raynal, Guillaume-Thomas-François].
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[Raynal, Guillaume-Thomas-François]. - A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the Two Indies. Geneva, Les Libraires Associés, 1775. 3 volumes in-4, bound in full contemporary calfskin, spined with decorative raised bands, title and volume number labels (in red and green) – tears to the top cap and 2 small wormholes at the joints of Vol. I, scuff marks and scratches on the covers – [2 ff., frontispiece-title page, title page], iv pp. (explanation of the engravings), viii pp. (publishers’ note on this new edition in 3 quarto volumes, table of chapters), [a leaf, numbered iii, ‘notice regarding the 8vo, 7-volume edition’, has been inserted before the table of contents), 719 pp.; [2 ff.], viii (table of contents), 662 pp.; [2 ff.], viii (table of contents), 658 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Raynal, engraved by Le Grand after Cochin, 4 vignettes by Marillier, including 1 on the title page, 7 unsigned half-tint engravings and 4 fold-out maps (Asia, South America, Gulf of Mexico, North America). Complete. Enclosed: Atlas of all known parts of the globe, compiled for the Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of Europeans in the Two Indies. [Geneva, Pellet, 1780] - In-4, bound in full calfskin with a smooth spine, red title label and green atlas label – top and bottom caps trimmed – [2 ff., title page, table of contents], 28 pp. (brief analysis of this atlas). Illustrated with 50 fold-out maps (including 1 bis) and 22 fold-out tables. Published clandestinely from 1770 onwards, then condemned by the Parliament of Paris, the work enjoyed considerable success. In addition to a history of the exploration and colonisation of the Americas, it contains a forceful condemnation of slavery and the exploitation of the colonies
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