Author's name from Barbier.

First edition, in 6 volumes in octavo, with 18 books of text.

According to various sources, the following persons provided substantial information and collaborated with Raynal in the writing of the text: Denis Diderot; Jean Pechméja; Paul Henri Dietrich Holbach; Paulze; J. Dutasta; and abbé Martin.

Vignette on title pages.

Volume 1: p. 125 misnumb.: "225"; v.5: p. 215 misnumb.: "115"

Cf. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes 8264.

Errata (v.1: p. [1-4] at end; v.2: p. [1]-3 at end; v.3: p. [1]-6 at end; v.4: p. [2-3] at end; v.5: p. [1] at end; v.6: p. [3-4] at end). Feugère reports errata for v.6, while Arents and Sabin do not cite them; the present copy does not have errata in v.6 either.

Sabin 68080n.

Cioranescu, A. 18.s., 52346.

Arents, G. Tobacco, 864.

Kress Lib. 6750.

Feugère, A. Bib. critique de l'abbé Raynal, 28.

John Carter Brown Library copy, bound in contemporary calf, imperfect: lacks blank leaf 2D6 in v.6 (p. [1-2] at end) and errata leaf chi1 in v.6 (p. [3-4] at end). Errata leaf T4 in v.5 (p. [1], with p. [2] blank) misbound in v.1. Also, the errata in v.1 and 4 are erroneously bound at the beginning of the volumes, following the title page, rather than at the end of the volumes.

For collation by signatures, see John Carter Brown Library's bibliographical file.

John Carter Brown Library copy purchased from the Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf Fund.