SALMON, Thomas Hedendaagsche historie, of Tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren; IX. deel. Behelzende 't vervolg [...] des Duitschen keizerryks [...]. Amsterdam I. Tirion 1737 8vo: [4 incl. engr. title]-673-[15] pp.; 9 pl. (occ. spotting). Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (endpapers starting to lift, very sl. rubbed). Stand-alone part of the Dutch translation of "Modern history" on part of the Holy Roman Empire by Thomas Salmon (1679-1767), a monumental collection amounting to 43 vol. (1729-1803). Engr. ill.: front. by J.C. Philips, 5 fold. maps (Strasbourg, Franconian and Swabian Circle, Austrian and Bavarian Circle, Kingdom of Bohemia and Duchy of Silesia, Kingdom of Hungary), 2 fold. views (Strasbourg, Vienna) and 2 pl. (costums worn in Neurenberg, fish). Ref. Tiele 1033. - STCN.

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