HEDENDAAGSCHE HISTORIE: of tegenwoordige staat van Afrika

[Salmon (Thomas)]

Description:

waar in uitmunt de beschryving van Barbarie, Senegal, Guinee, de Kaap der Goede Hoope, van de Kanarische, Vlaamsche en Fransche waar in uitmunt de beschryving van Barbarie, Senegal, Guinee, de Kaap der Goede Hoope, van de Kanarische, Vlaamsche en Fransche Eilanden, van St. Helena enz. Volgens de waarneemingen van de heeren Shaw, Adanson, de la Caille en andere hedendaagsche reizigers.

(iv), 810, (17 bladwyzer) pages, additional engraved title page, 4 folding maps, folding plate, contemporary full sprinkled leather, text lightly browned and with some foxing

Mendelssohn 2:502. The work is based on Salmon's earlier 'Modern History', but has been much enlarged. There are sections on the Cape, Madagascar, Bourbon, Mauritius, St Helena and Ascension as well as West Africa. Theal criticised the work for its inaccuracies but these can be traced through to the sources of the information. It is one of the scarcer early surveys of the continent as known at the time. S.A.B. 4.120. Pages 626-743 deal with South Africa.

Details:

  • Publisher: Isaak Tirion
  • Publisher Place: Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam
  • Date of Publication: 1763
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: Thick 8vo (205 x 135 mm)
  • Lot No: 209
  • Hammer Price: $400
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 50
  • Estimate: $500/600
  • Reserve: $400

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