Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes.
RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas-François)
Genève - Les librairies associées - 1775
- Format : In-4
- Number of volumes : 3
- Binding : Related
- Language : Français
Full porphyry calf. Spine with 5 nerves with title and tomaison piece. Double gilded framing net on the boards. Three marbled slices. Binding signed Langlois in Lyon. Very fresh interior. Illustrated with 4 watercolour folding cards, a portrait of the author by Cochin, 7 figures engraved out of text and 3 header thumbnails.
Raynal's book, written with the help of Holbach, Naigeon or Diderot, contains chapters against the policy of colonization, against the inquisition, or against the slave trade. It was put on the index as soon as it was first published in 1770. Borrowings from administrative memoirs and earlier treaties alternate with pieces of revolutionary eloquence, often due to Diderot's pen.SECOND EDITION increased and FIRST EDITION in-quarto.
Beautifully together
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