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[RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas)]. Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Genève, chez les Libraires Associés, 1775. 3 volumes in-4 marbled fawn basane, ornate ribbed spines, tan and green morocco title pages and tom., red tr. (period binding). Some restorations to bindings. First quarto edition of this major Enlightenment work condemning slavery and colonization, written by Abbé Raynal with Diderot, Holbach and Naigeon. First published in 1770, Histoire des deux Indes was banned by the clergy in 1774, then by the Paris Parliament in 1781, ensuring the immense success of this 18th-century masterpiece. This edition, the most beautiful, is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Cochin, 3 header vignettes by Marillier, 7 hors-texte plates by Eisen and 4 fold-out maps (Indian Ocean and South Sea with the Philippines and New Holland, Gulf of Mexico, South America, North America). From the library of François-César Le Tellier, marquis de Courtanvaux (1718-1781), with his armorial bookplate. (Cohen 854.) A fine copy, with a few brown spots.

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[RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas)]. Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Genève, chez les Libraires Associés, 1775. 3 volumes in-4 marbled fawn basane, ornate ribbed spines, tan and green morocco title pages and tom., red tr. (period binding). Some restorations to bindings. First quarto edition of this major Enlightenment work condemning slavery and colonization, written by Abbé Raynal with Diderot, Holbach and Naigeon. First published in 1770, Histoire des deux Indes was banned by the clergy in 1774, then by the Paris Parliament in 1781, ensuring the immense success of this 18th-century masterpiece. This edition, the most beautiful, is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Cochin, 3 header vignettes by Marillier, 7 hors-texte plates by Eisen and 4 fold-out maps (Indian Ocean and South Sea with the Philippines and New Holland, Gulf of Mexico, South America, North America). From the library of François-César Le Tellier, marquis de Courtanvaux (1718-1781), with his armorial bookplate. (Cohen 854.) A fine copy, with a few brown spots.

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