Considerably enlarged illustrated Dutch edition of Salmon's description of Persia, Arabia and Tartar 1732
Thomas Salmon
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- A proposito di opere d'arteHedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren; ... IV. deel. Behelzende den tegenwoordige staat van Persia, Arabia, en het Asiatisch Tartaryen.
Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion, 1732. 8vo. With engraved title-page, 3 engraved maps and 9 engraved plates (7 folding). The 3 large folding maps depict Persia, Arabia and Tartary and the illustrations include a Persian hunting scene and a view of the Kaaba in Mecca. Later 18th-century half calf, richly gold-tooled spine.
First edition of the considerably enlarged Dutch translation of Thomas Salmon's description of Persia, Arabia and Tartary (northern and central Asia), with new illustrations and Isaac Tirion's detailed maps, which would later be published in his popular Hand-atlas. The part on Arabia is divided into 8 chapters, treating its geography, primary cities, royalty, citizens, language and science, ceremonies, natural history and the history of the Islam. The related illustrations include a large map of Arabia (including Qatar, Oman and Bahrein), a view of the Kaaba in Mecca, an illustration of a coffee tree, an Aloe vera and a date palm, and an illustration of a branch of a coffee tree. All in very clear impressions.
Some occasional foxing and a faint water stain in the first few leaves. Very good copy. Binding only slightly rubbed along the edges.
STCN (3 copies); Tiele, Bibl. 1033; cf. Gay, Bibl. de l'Afrique et l'Arabe 3595; for the map of Arabia: Tibbetts 250. - A proposito di opere artistaThomas Salmon (1679, Meppershall – 1767) è stato uno scrittore storico e geografico. Secondo William Cole (1714-1782) scrisse gran parte del suo lavoro a Cambridge. In seguito si trasferì a Londra. Salmon disse a William Cole di aver trascorso del tempo in mare e nelle Indie orientali e occidentali. Ha anche viaggiato in Europa. Alcune delle sue opere: La storia moderna, o lo stato attuale di tutte le nazioni (Londra, 1739, 3 voll.), Il viaggiatore universale, o una descrizione completa delle diverse nazioni del mondo (Londra, 1752-1753).
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