AMERICA. - GENTY (Abbé). The Influence of the Discovery of America on the Happiness of Mankind. Paris, Nyon [Orléans, De l'Imprimerie de Jacob l'aîné], 1788. In-8, porphyry calf, triple gilt fillet, ornate smooth spine, red title page, marbled edges (contemporary binding).
First edition of this philosophical reflection on the effects of the discovery of America.
A copper-engraved frontispiece after Eisen, depicting the mistreatment of the Indians by the European conquerors, and a fold-out map.
Binding badly restored, title page later.
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