Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Tome premier [-septieme]
1774
Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Tome premier [-septieme]
Raynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796
1774
7 v. (v.1: [iv], 4, v-xij, 604 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v.2: viij, 414, [2], 415-434 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v.3: xij, 612 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v.4: viij, 417, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v.5: xij, 416 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v.6: viij, 406 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v.7: viij, 448 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded)) : 20 cm. (8vo) Author's name from Barbier Originally published Amsterdam, 1770 Edition in 7 volumes in octavo, with 19 books of text, 7 folded maps (3 of them duplicated) designed by Rigobert Bonne and a frontispiece illustration in each volume, but not including the portrait of Raynal in v.1 According to various sources, the following persons provided substantial information and collaborated with Raynal in the writing of the text: Denis Diderot; Jean Pechméja; Paul Henri Dietrich Holbach; Paulze; J. Dutasta; and abbé Martin Authorship of book 19 (v.7: p. [201]-424) sometimes exclusively assigned to Alexandre Deleyre; other sources state text partly written by Raynal and partly by Deleyre, while yet different sources report Deleyre as editor of book 19. This book was also published separately under title: Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Tableau de l'Europe. The Hague, 1774, in both 8vo and 12mo Vignette on title pages Half titles read: Histoire philosophique et politique. Tome premier [+ troisieme + cinquieme + septieme] (no half titles for v.2, 4 and 6 present, and paging and signatures of these volumes do not provide for them, unless single unpaged and unsigned leaves were involved) Plates (14) unnumbered; 3 of the 4 folded plates (maps) duplicated, included in both v.1 and 2, 3 and 4, 6 and 7 Errata (v.1: p. 604; v.2: p. 433-434; v.3: p. 611-612; v.4: p. 417; v.5: p. 416); v.6: p. 406)
