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RAYNAL, GUILLAUME THOMAS FRANCOISHistoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes ... [with:] Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, dresse pour l'Histoire, philosophique & politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes ... Geneva: Jean-Leonard Pellet, 1780 11 volumes, text: 10 volumes, 8vo (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.); atlas: 4to (10 1/4 x 8 in). Text: engraved portrait frontispiece of Raynal after C.N. Cochin by N. de Launay in Vol. I, 9 engraved frontispiece plates after J.M. Moreau le Jeune by de Launay and others, 50 engraved maps by Rigobert Bonne 49 of which double-page and 1 folding, numbered 1-49, and 17 bis, 23 letterpress tables, some of which folding. Period mottled calf, flat spines in six (text) and seven (atlas) compartments, red and brown lettering pieces in the second and fourth, others with repeat decoration in gilt, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. The expanded final edition of this important work In 1770, Raynal published the first edition of his Histoire philosophique et politique... In this effort, he had the assistance of various members of the philosophe côteries—indeed, Denis Diderot is credited with a third of this work. The other chief collaborators were Pechméja, Holbach, Paulze, the farmer-general of taxes, the Abbé Martin, and Alexandre Deleyre. Banned in 1772, a new edition was published by Raynal in 1774, which was immediately placed on the index of banned books by the Roman Catholic church. The present edition appeared in 1780, and was more violently radical then any of the previous editions. Some of the ideas that Raynal was advocating were enough to ensure that a warrant for his arrest was issued, and the book was condemned by the Parlement de Paris and burnt by the public executioner. Raynal escaped into exile, and did not return until 1784. Despite the radical, anti-colonialism tone of this work, Raynal came to realize the impossibility of the peaceful revolution that he had advocated. This edition, in addition to the plates by Moreau le Jeune, is particularly prized for its atlas of maps by Rigobert Bonne 23 of which are of American interest. REFERENCE:Cohen/de Ricci 854; Phillips 652 (atlas); Sabin 68081 PROVENANCE:A. Salle (early booklabels and ink collection stamp)Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The