Ventes live - Lot 556
[Belgium - Netherlands]
Hedendaagsche historie, of Tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren [...]. Xde deel. Behelzende eene beschryving van den tegenwoordigen staat der Oostenryksche, Fransche en Pruissische Nederlanden.
Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1738
€ 120 / 200
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Description du lot
8vo: [14]-562-[12] pp. (minor spotting).
Contemp. marbl. calf, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, brown leather title label (sl. rubbed). Good copy.
Stand-alone part of the Dutch translation of "Modern history" by Thomas Salmon (1679-1767), a monumental collection amounting to 43 vol. (1729-1803). Engr. ill.: front. by J.C. Philips, 4 folding maps (XVII Provinces, Namen-Luxemburg, Brabant and Flanders-Artois-Hainaut), 7 city plans (Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, Ypres and Lille), 3 views (Charleroi, Gelder and Scherpenheuvel) and 1 portrait of the Grand Duchess of Austria, Maria Elisabeth. There is another 1738 issue with 548 pp. and an added city plan of Tournai. Our copy is the issue with 7 plans and with pagination to p. 562, cf. STCN.
Ref. Tiele 1033. - STCN 284185361. - Not in BL.