[Colonialism & slavery] Histoire philosophique et politique
Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. (Guillaume-Thomas Raynal). Amsterdam, no publisher, 1770 (vols. 1-6) & The Hague, no publisher, 1774 (vol. 7). Unif. half calf w. marbled boards, richly ornamented gilt spines w. letterpieces, 7 vols., 384; 294; 432; 292; 294; 462; 326 pp. 7 engraved frontispieces & 7 fold. maps. Contemp. manuscript leaf pasted in vol. 1. Good set.
Important work on, and more or less against, European colonialism and slavery. (total 7)