SALMON, Thomas, (Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania). Hedendaagsche Historie, or The Present State of All Nations...

(The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania). Hedendaagsche Historie, or The Present State of All Nations...

Volume VI. Amsterdam 1734. By Isaak Tirion. (21 x 13 cm), cover [3], pp. 316, [2], 326, [14], frontispiece, 9 copperplate engravings (including 6 folded plates, among others: a map of Poland, a plan of Gdańsk, a panorama of Constantinople, 2 portraits of King Augustus II of Poland and Stanisław Leszczyński, and a copperplate engraving of *Plica Polonica*—the Polish cowlick), bound in period parchment.
(Vol. 27). The sixth volume of a monumental, multi-volume description of the world, translated from English and significantly expanded by Matthias van Gogh. This volume covers European Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans, and above all, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The extensive section on Poland contains information on the political system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the king, the nobility, regional assemblies, royal elections, courts, the military, cities and fortresses, religion, language, science, trade, and customs. Richly illustrated with copperplate engravings, maps, and plans, including a map of Poland and a plan of Gdańsk, as well as a striking frontispiece featuring the personification of the Vistula River and a map of Poland and Lithuania. A valuable 18th-century description of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, particularly sought after for its Polish-Lithuanian section and extensive cartographic material. Traces of slight moisture damage, scuffs on the binding, and slight soiling. Good condition. Rare.