RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas). Philosophical and political histo - Lot 616

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RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas). Philosophical and political histo - Lot 616
RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas). Philosophical and political history of European settlement and trade in the two Indies. Geneva, Jean-Léonard Pellet, 1780. 5 volumes in-4, porphyry basane, twisted golden roulette wheel, ornate spine, red and white title coins. green tomaison, marbled edges (period binding). Borba de Moraes, t. II, p. 700 - Chadenat, n°1960. - Sabin, n°68081. Final edition, partly original, the best of this great classic. It is decorated with a beautiful portrait of the author engraved after Cochin and 4 pretty frontispieces by Moreau le Jeune. The Atlas of all parts known of the globe contains 50 double-page engraved maps and 23 folded statistical tables. Published clandestinely as early as 1770, and then condemned by the Paris Parliament, the work met with considerable success. In addition to a history of the exploration and colonization of America, it contains a strong denunciation of slavery and the exploitation of the colonies by the metropolis (cf. In French in the text, n°166). From the Albert Insinger Library, with engraved ex-libris. BEAUTIFUL COPY IN PORPHYRY CALF. Uniform light freckles, wet with a few cards. Skillfully restored binding with three jaws and two headpieces, small missing on the headdress. top of the atlas.
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