403. [AMERICANA] - RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas). Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Genève, Jean-Léonard Pellet, 1780, 5 strong vol. in-4, XVI-742, [4]-VIII-486, XV-629 and [4]-VIII-770-[2] pp, with 5 engraved frontispieces, including a portrait of Raynal [text volumes], and [4]-28 pp. of text, with 50 engraved maps (mostly double-page), and 23 tables, mostly folding [atlas volume], spotted tawny calf, ornate ribbed spine, red edges (period binding). The finest edition of this important book, the first published with the author's name. Complete with 50 maps. A very good copy. The atlas volume is in a different binding (speckled calf, ornate smooth spine). Some minor spotting.