Hedendaegsche historie, of tegenwoordige staet van alle volkeren [...]. I. deel. Behelzende de tegenwoordige staet der keizerryken China en Japan [...].

8vo: [22, incl. engr. title]-645-[19]-[2 bl.]-[6] pp. (browning and spotting).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine (last endpaper lifted).

First edition of the rare first volume (complete in itself) of the Dutch translation of the "Modern History" by the English writer on history and geography Th. Salmon (1679-1767), a monumental collection amounting to 43 vol. (1729-1803). Ill. with an engr. title by J.C. Philips, 3 hand-coloured maps ("Nieuwe kaart van 't Keizerryk China", "Nieuwe kaart van 't Keizerryk Japan" and "Nieuwe kaart van de Filippynsche, Ladrones, Moluccos of Specery eilanden, alsmede Celebes") and 7 engr. pl. (of which 5 fold.): "Porceleine Toren", "Triumfbogen", "Chineesche Lijkstatie", "een Japansche man", "een pelgrim van Isje", "t Eilandje Desima. Verblyf plaats der Hollanders in Japan", "Babi Roesa", "Kruitnagel", etc. Our copy comes with a stocklist.
Ref. STCN. - Cordier (Japonica) 431. - Tiele 1033.
Prov. Dr. A.A.H. Stolk, J.C. Pabst (bookpl.). - Bookseller's ticket. - Some contemp. annotations.