1781 BANNED Raynal on Colonization Slavery China Thomas Jefferson Politics 12v



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A rare French edition of Guillaume Raynals Histoire philosophique et politique! Raynal, a Jesuit priest and editor worked ten years on this encyclopedia on trade between Europe and the Far East most notably China and India. This work became an influential work in the revolutionary climate.



However, with his attacks on immigration, colonization, and even slavery, this work became widely criticized throughout Europe, especially France. The 1781 second edition, which contained attacks on the Roman Catholic Church and painted France in a poor light, was banned in France and polarizing around the world.



It is curious that such a work would appear in Thomas Jeffersons library, especially considering the state of American independence at the time of publication. Sowerby states,

"In this [Raynals] most important work, he had the assistance of Diderot [and others]. It originally appeared anonymously in Amsterdam, 1770, and was frequently reprinted, revised, abridged, and translated. In France its publication was prohibited, and it was burned by the public executioner."

Sabin states,

“The book was condemned by the French Parliament and church dignitaries, and Raynal was obliged to leave France.”



Item number: #18812

Price: $950



RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas



Histoire philosophique et politique des eÌtablissemens et du commerce des EuropeÌens dans les deux indes



Genève : Chez J.-L. Pellet, MDCCLXXXI [1781]. Second edition (banned)



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages; 12 volumes

9 engraved frontispieces

References: Sabin 68081; Sowerby Jefferson Catalogue 466; Larned 3919

Language: French

Binding: Leather; secure

Vol. 1 in half calf; all other volumes full leather

Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (21cm x 13cm)



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