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SALMON, Th.

Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren I. II. deel
Amsterdam
I. Tirion
1736 - 39
€400 - €600

2 vol. in-8vo, [18], 645, [17] pp ; [12], 676, [112] pp. With 2 engraved titles, 5 folding maps and 16 (folding) plates. Rewritten and enlarged by dr. Matthias van Goch, based his work on information given by Gerrit Voogt (second in command in Dejima from 1706 to 1714), by the physician Willem ten Rhijne, and others. Slightly foxed. Contemp. bindings in half calf, untrimmed, spine of the first volume richly gilt, library stamp on lower edge of vol. 1

Part I.: behelzende de Tegenwoordige Staat der Keizerryken China en Japan, als mede van de Ladrones, Filippynsche en Molukkische Eilanden, en van Makassar. Contains plates of i.a. Asian flora and fauna and the Dutch settlement at Deshima. Part II.: Sundasche Eilanden, en wel inzonderheid Borneo, Java, Sumatra en de Koninkryken Siam, Kochin-China en Tonkin (tweede druk) Ex libris Buijnsters-Smets. Ref. Cordier Sinica, 44; Lust 454 (edition of 1729); Cordier Japonica 431; Tiele 1033

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