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22 pp. With 50 folding and/or double-page copper-engraved maps (numbered 1-49, with 17 bis). (4to) 25.5x20 cm. (10x7¾"), period mottled calf, spine tooled in gilt, morocco lettering piece.

Important atlas volume to Raynal's esteemed work, "Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes." The maps are by Rigobert Bonne, engraved by André and others. There are maps of the world, the European nations, and the myriad nations and states of the world with whom they conducted commerce. 25 of the maps related to America, north and south, including "Carte de la Partie Nord des Etats Unis, de l'Amerique Septentrionale," an early map of the recently minted United States. Some issues of the atlas have 22 folding tables, this copy does not. There were also varying page counts.