[RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas). Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Genève, chez les libraires associés, 1775. 3 volumes in-4, woollen calf, gilded greek border, smooth spine decorated, inner greek border, daffodil edges (Binding of the period). First in-4 edition of Abbé Raynal's masterpiece, based on the revised second edition of the work, published in The Hague in 1774 and reprinted more than fourteen times between 1774 and 1778. It is illustrated with a portrait of the author engraved by Legrand after Cochin, 7 unsigned plates out of text, 4 folded maps and 3 head vignettes by Marillier. Hinges of the first volume cracked, minor incidents, light scattered foxing. Feugère, n°40 - Cohen, 854.