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1782. BOOK. (HISTORY—SOCIOLOGY). NUIX, JUAN:. IMPARTIAL REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMANITY OF THE SPANIARDS IN THE INDIES, AGAINST THE SO-CALLED PHILOSOPHERS AND POLITICIANS. To Illustrate the Histories of Messrs. Raynal and Robertson. Translated by Pedro Varela y Ulloa. Madrid: Printed by Joachin Ibarra, 1782. Large 8vo. 2 h. + LII + 315 p. Headpieces. Good paper. Bound in full leather, with gilt circles on both covers and a decorated spine, gilt edges, signed by P. BOZERIAN. This work was intended to refute the numerous authors who spoke of Spanish barbarism during the conquest and colonization of the Americas, including Robertson and Bartolomé de las Casas. Palau 196692. CCPB 249479-5. FIRST EDITION.