Author: Jan Caspar Philips (1700-1765)
Title: [Antique title page, 1736] Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, published 1736, 1 p.
Description: Allegorical frontispiece with tile to the eigth volume of Thomas Salmon's Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren published in Amsterdam by Tirion in 1736.At bottom, putti with compass, a portrait medallion of Charlemagne and chain of the Golden Fleece, all standing or kneeling around a map of (part of) the German Empire. Among them is a crowned woman with a sceptre. On the left is a jar with portrait medallions with rulers of the German Empire. In the middle is a bust of a German monarch [George II ?], behind which are two Western Europeans. In the background is a city in a mountain landscape on the water.With date and address of the publisher below: TE AMSTERDAM by ISAAK TIRION, MDCCXXXVI.Frontispiece - bookillustration - boekillustratie - frontispice Etching and engraving on paper, total: 194 x 112 mm; despite some dirt and rubbing on the margins, in very good condition.

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