Révolution de l'Amérique.

RAYNAL, Guillaume-Thomas

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London, Lockier Davis, 1781

8vo: xiv (= 14)-[2]-183-[1 bl.] pp. (sl. toned).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt spine on 5 raised bands, marbl. edges, marbl. endpapers.Very good copy.

One of the many editions from the same year of this historical essay on the American revolution. Raynal (1713-1796) sympathised with the colony. He offered some reflections on the future of the economy and on demography. Engr. front. portrait. “The imprint is false; probably printed in Paris” (ESTC).
Ref. ESTC N12914. - Kress B.407. - Cp. Conlon 81:1704. - Cp. Sabin 68103 (other ed.).
Prov. Libr. stamps.
Bound with: Censure de la Faculté de Théologie de Paris [...] [4th ed.]. Paris, Clousier; Liège, Lemarié, 1782. 171-[3] pp. Ref. Not in de Theux, Sabin.
Joined: [Labat, Jean Baptiste, O.P.] - Nouveau voyage aux isles de l’Amerique. Contenant l’histoire naturelle de ces pays [...]. Tome premier. Paris, P.-Fr. Giffart, 1722. 12mo: xxxvj (= 36)-[10]-525-[3 bl.] pp. (tear in Y4). Contemp. leather, gilt spine, red edges, marbl. endpapers (rubbed, some def.). Good copy. 1st (of 6) vol., complete in itself, with a history of the years 1693-1694. Ill. with 10 folding and 10 full-page engravings. Title in red and black. Ref. Alden/Landis 722/102. - Conlon 22:564. - Sabin 38409. Prov. Old bookseller’s ticket Michel Henry, Libraire ... à Lille (old bookseller's ticket). - Libr. stamp and ticket. (2 vol.)