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Are you interested in this item? This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Henrik van Elvervelt (translator) : Concise history of all empires and states of the world, from its beginnings to the present day. : containing a historical, geographical, chronological and genealogical description; and full extension of the fortunes, and particulars of the four principal monarchies, and of all empires, states, and commonwealths, arising therefrom. It may likewise serve as a supplement or clarification of the Monthly reports from the other world, with respect to the princes and landscapes that appear therein. Described in High German by the Schryver of the Monthly Messages. And for its Excellence translated into Dutch by H.V.E. In Amsterdam, By the Heirs of J. Ratelband and Company, 1741-'42. 3 parts in 8o: (16 with title plate)538(4), (14 with title plate)602(6), (14 with plate)614(10)p. Original beautiful parchment. Binding a bit tight. Paper clear and good.
** This 1st rare edition not in the STCN.
Most all peoples and religions are highlighted in this work, such as Islam etc. 67356147