[Rarebooks] FS: Raynal's HISTOIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE ET POLITIQUE, 1775, with plates & maps

[Charles Agvent]

RAYNAL,  [Guillaume  Thomas  Francois,  Abbe].  HISTOIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE  
ET POLITIQUE, DES ETABLISSEMENS & DU  COMMERCE
         DES EUROPEENS  DANS  LES  DEUX INDES. Geneva:  Les  Libraires
         Associes  1775.  New  Edition. Three quarto  (7-1/2"  x  10")
         volumes  bound  in  contemporary mottled calf  with  matching
         morocco  spine  labels and gilt spine decorations; all  edges
         marbled.  Illustrated  with an engraved portrait, 7  engraved
         plates,  engraved  vignettes,  and   4  folding  maps  (North
         America,  West  Indies,  East  Indies,  and  South  America).
         Raynal,  educated by Jesuits, published the first edition  of
         this work  in 1770. Raynal's name did not appear on the title
         page until  the  third  edition  in 1780 when  the  book  was
         burned  by the public executioner and an order was given  for
         the arrest  of its author. Raynal was assited in the  writing
         of this,  his  most  important  work,  by  the  encyclopedist
         Diderot  among  others. Kress 7157. Sabin 68080. Small  early
         bookplate  of Ricardo Heredia, Injeniero Civil, Malaga on the
         front pastedown  of  each volume. Contents  generally  clean;
         bindings  with wear: spine ends chipped with loss and corners
         worn with  some  scattered  erosion  to the  leather  on  the
         boards. A Very Good, tight set.                      $1500.00

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