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SALMON, Thomas Hedendaagsche historie, of Tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren [...]. Xde deels, behelzende eene beschryving van den Tegenwoordigen staat der Oosenryksche, Fransche en Pruissische Nederlanden [...]. Amsterdam I. Tirion 1738 8vo: [14]-548-[12] pp. (light dampstain in first and last few pp). Cont. quarter calf, gilt spine on 5 raised bands, brown leather title label, sp. edges (rubbed, corners bumped, some sm. def. i.a. on head & tail). Very good copy inside. Independent part of the Dutch trsl. of "Modern history" by Thomas Salmon (1679-1767), a monumental collection amounting to 43 vols (1729-1803). Engr. ills: frontisp. by J.C. Philips, 4 maps (XVII Provinces, Namen-Luxemburg, Brabant and Flanders-Artois-Hainaut), 8 city plans (Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Tournai, Ostend, Ypres and Lille), 3 views (Charleroi, Gelder and Scherpenheuvel) (lacking the portrait of Maria Elisabeth). Enriched with 9 extra plates (of which 3 folding) engr. by H. Spilman, out of "Het verheerlykt Nederland of Kabinet van Hedendaagsche gezichten" (9 vol., c. 1746, publ. by Tirion), showing 18 views of Namur and environments (2 to a pl.): the castle, city gates, important buildings, bridges... Ref. Tiele 1033. - STCN (i.a. BL).
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SALMON, Thomas Hedendaagsche historie, of Tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren [...]. Xde deels, behelzende eene beschryving van den Tegenwoordigen staat der Oosenryksche, Fransche en Pruissische Nederlanden [...]. Amsterdam I. Tirion 1738 8vo: [14]-548-[12] pp. (light dampstain in first and last few pp). Cont. quarter calf, gilt spine on 5 raised bands, brown leather title label, sp. edges (rubbed, corners bumped, some sm. def. i.a. on head & tail). Very good copy inside. Independent part of the Dutch trsl. of "Modern history" by Thomas Salmon (1679-1767), a monumental collection amounting to 43 vols (1729-1803). Engr. ills: frontisp. by J.C. Philips, 4 maps (XVII Provinces, Namen-Luxemburg, Brabant and Flanders-Artois-Hainaut), 8 city plans (Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Tournai, Ostend, Ypres and Lille), 3 views (Charleroi, Gelder and Scherpenheuvel) (lacking the portrait of Maria Elisabeth). Enriched with 9 extra plates (of which 3 folding) engr. by H. Spilman, out of "Het verheerlykt Nederland of Kabinet van Hedendaagsche gezichten" (9 vol., c. 1746, publ. by Tirion), showing 18 views of Namur and environments (2 to a pl.): the castle, city gates, important buildings, bridges... Ref. Tiele 1033. - STCN (i.a. BL).
