A PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENTS AND TRADE OF THE EUROPEANS IN THE EAST AND WEST INDIES, VOL. V
Book Details + Condition: Mundell and Son (Edinburgh), 1804. Hardcover with marbled boards and three-quarters leather binding. 416 pages. Fifth volume of French intellectual Guillaume Thomas François Raynal's history of European colonization in the Americas, beginning with England and Barbados in the mid-17th century and ending with England's colonies in North America in the 18th century. Includes map of the Caribbean and West Indies, and an extensive index. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to original boards; normal age-toning to pages, with areas of light discoloration; chipping to edges of fold-out map; interior is clean and free of markings, save owner's name on title page.
