[France]. Lo Stato Presente di Tutti i Paesi, e Popoli del Mondo naturale, politico, e morale, con nuove osservazioini, e correzioni degli antiche, e moderni viaggiatori. Vol. XVII. Continuazione della Francia.

[SALMON, Thomas.]

Published by Venezia Venice Presso Giambatista Albrizzi ., 1748

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8vo. (19 x 12 cm). pp.605. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, yap edges, edges stained blue. Engraved title, 11 folding engraved plates, and 5 folding engraved maps by Tirion (Brittany, Normandy, Provence, Languedoc, and Gironde). Small stamp of G. Brambilla to title-page in purple ink. A very good unsophisticated copy. Thomas Salmon (bap. 1679, d. 1767), historian and travel writer best known his encyclopaedic work the Modern History, or, The Present State of All Nations, which appeared in thirty-one volumes between 1724 and 1738. Described as 'an ambitious synthesis of travel literature and world history' (Okie, 101), it expressed an appreciation of foreign cultures and rejected travellers' tales of giants and sea-monsters, at the same time criticising the Whig government for not expanding the overseas empire. Seller Inventory # 57955

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Title: [France]. Lo Stato Presente di Tutti i Paesi...

Publisher: Venezia Venice Presso Giambatista Albrizzi .

Publication Date: 1748