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RAYNAL, Guillaume-Thomas - Histoire philosophique...

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RAYNAL, Guillaume-Thomas - Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Tome dixième. Geneva, Jean-Léonard Pellet, 1781. 10 vol. in-8 and one vol. in-folio oblong (atlas), 10 frontispieces including one portrait, some spotting in vol. III; (2) ff. 28 pp. 50 maps including the two hemispheres, text in-4 enlarged due to format, fawn marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, small traces of rodent in volume III, qqqs. small snags on headpieces, qqs. dull corners, one cut worn, the atlas in a slightly diff. binding with a ribbed spine. The atlas by Rigobert Bonne contains two maps of the world, eight of Europe, ten of Asia, seven of Africa and twenty-three of America, bound in this format without folds except for the world map. (Enclosed:) [BERNARD, François] - Analyse de l'Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Leiden, J. Murray, 1775. In-8, contemporary bas. marble, smooth spine decorated, (4) ff. 245 pp. An abridgement of Raynal's work.