[ATLAS]. [RAYNAL (Abbé)]. ATLAS PORTATIF pour servir à l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes. Amsterdam, Van Harrevelt, Changuion, 1773. In-4 ½ marbled fawn calf, fully ornamented smooth spine, garnet morocco title-piece, marbled paper boards, red speckled edges (Binding of the period); 9 pages (including title), (1) f. table of maps, 48 maps. Lacks of leather on spine and spine ends, cuts and corners rubbed and missing. COMPLETE ATLAS of 48 maps engraved and carefully watercolored in the period, most of them double-page and all mounted on tabs, which complements the 7 in-8 volumes of Abbé Raynal's text. ¶ Sabin, 68080.

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