Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 158

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
GENTY, LOUIS. L'Influence de la Découverte de l'Amérique sur le Bonheur du Genre-Humain. Folding map, with short tear at stub; frontispiece plate. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, moderate wear; marginal tears on 3 preliminary leaves, intermittent toning; with half-title and errata leaf. Paris, 1788
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Second and best edition, the only one with plates. Written in response to the Abbe Raynal's prize challenge for essays exploring whether the discovery of North America had been a positive development for humanity. Genty regards the colonial era as calamitous for both Europeans and Indians, although in the closing pages he sees some hope for the future in the new United States of America. Howes G101; Palau 101432.