Author's name from Barbier.

Originally published Amsterdam, 1770.

A new edition, in 6 volumes in duodecimo, 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.

Edition statement given only on title pages of v. 3-6.

Numerous errors in paging.

Feugère reports a seventh volume (book 19) with imprint: A la Haye, chez Grosse fils, 1774, to be part of this edition. However, as is explained earlier in this same bibliography (sub no. 28), all volumes numbered 7 and dated 1774, in octavo or duodecimo, are to be considered as a supplement to the various editions published from 1770 to 1773 and hence to be treated as a separate bibliographical entity.

Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, 8264.

Quérard, J.-M. La France littéraire, 7:473.

Feugère, A. Bib. critique de l'abbé Raynal, 32.

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

John Carter Brown Library copy, bound in contemporary calf, imperfect: lacks half title v.1 (p. [1-2], 1st count)

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