If you need the text for academic purposes and cannot purchase a physical copy, there are legitimate avenues to explore that do not involve piracy.

If you are looking for a way to understand the world not as a series of disconnected headlines, but as a deep, moving tide of culture and geography, Fernand Braudel's A History of Civilizations

: The medium pace—the rise of trade networks, merchant classes, and social hierarchies.

: Offers various editions including the original French Grammaire des civilisations .