Books and Manuscripts

(Geneva: J.L. Pellet, ca. 1780s). First edition. Small folio. 25, (1) pp. Illustrated with 50 engraved double-page or folding maps; without the 22 folding-statistical tables found in some copies. Contemporary full mottled brown calf, rebacked, original spine laid down, red morocco spine label, stamped in gilt, extremities and boards rubbed, corners worn, spine ends warn, boards slightly bowed; contemporary ownership signature, dated 1788, on front paste-down and recto of rear free endpaper; scattered minor spotting to text and plates; several plates with tape repairs to verso.

A handsome copy of the atlas volume for Guillaume Thomas Raynal's L'Histoire philosophique et politique des etablissements et du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes. Featuring 50 detailed maps of the world, including two world maps, maps of North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe, as well as regional maps of the various European countries, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, etc.