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Title: Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes Author: Raynal, Guillaume-Thomas Place: Geneve Publisher: Chez Jean-Leanard Pellet Date: 1780 Description: 4 volumes + atlas. Text: viii, [2], ix-xvi, 741, [1] pp. + 6 tables (3 of them folding); [4], viii, 485 pp. + 4 tables (1 of them folding); xv, [1], 629, [1] pp. + 10 tables (5 of them folding); [4], viii, 770, [1] pp. + 3 folding tables. Each volume with copper-engraved frontispiece, Vol. I with an additional engraved plate. Atlas with [4], 28 pp. text + 50 double-page copper-engraved maps by Rigobert Bonne (numbered 1-49, plus a 17 bis). Text volumes are (4to) 25.7x19 cm (10¼x7½"), period polished tan calf, spines tooled in gilt, morocco lettering pieces; Vols. II-IV rebacked with original spine strips employed, labels renewed. Atlas is (4to) 24.6x20.5 cm (9¾x8"), period tree calf, spine tooled in gilt. Desirable quarto issue of the 1780 edition of Raynal's seminal work on the relations between the European colonial powers and their far-off conquests and domains. Originally published anonymously in 1770 in a shorter version, the book expressed strong sentiments against despotism, slavery, the established religious order, the Inquisition, and the colonial system in general. It was suppressed by the French monarchy, and early editions were produced in Geneva, Amsterdam, Lausanne, The Hague, London and elsewhere. This edition notable for the atlas of fifty double-page maps by Bonne (numbered 1-49, with a "17 bis"), with the title "Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dressé pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes." The important atlas delineates the various regions of the world involved in the European expansion and settlement into Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas, basically most of the known world. Present are maps of the world, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, India, the United States (an early named appearance), China, the Moluccas, various European nations, regions of South America, Caribbean islands, and many more. Many of the maps show the prevailing winds. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply. Lot Amendments Condition: Some shelf wear, rubbing to spines, Vol. I front cover nearly detached, rear joint tender; some light internal foxing including to the atlas, ink names to front endpapers; very good. Item number: 279759