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Title: Tegenwoordige staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden; zevende deels, eerste stuk. Behelzende het vervolg der beschryving van Holland. Met nieuwe kaarten plans van steden en kunstige printverbeeldingen versierd.
Description: Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion, 1748, 8vo., full parchment spitsel binding with (faded) handwritten title on spine and red and blue sprinkled edges, [10]+575+[23] pp., worn binding, especcially along the hinge and around the corners, smudged parchment, the interior is less smudged, with etched frontispiece and 14 fold out pages with etched maps, city plans or city views, the first two of which are bound upside down and the large fold out map next to page 348 is torn in half. Besides the titlepage bound with this book, there are two seperate (and worn) titlepages inserted in the front of the book. These titlepages read: - "Tegenwoordige staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden; zevende deel. Behelzende het vervolg der beschryvinge van Holland. Met nieuwe kaarten en kunstige printverbeeldingen versierd," Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion, 1749- "Hedendaagse Historie, of Tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, XVIIde deel. Vervolgende de beschryving der Vereenigde Nederlanden, En wel in 't byzonder van Holland. Met naauwkeurige Kaarten en Printverbeeldingen versierd," Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion, 1749.According to STCN it concerns a continuation of Salman's Modern History and it was published in two installments in 1748. The seperate titlepages are present in many other copies of this book. This copy also includes a page of binders instructions.

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