T. H. Salmon; M

• Title: Contemporary History, or Current State of All Nations (Part III). • Full subtitle: Containing the Present State of the Kingdoms of Pegu, Ava, Arrakan, Acham, as well as of the Indian Dominions, or the Empire of the Great Mogol, and of Malabar, Coromandel, and the Island of Ceylon. • Author: Thomas Salmon (originally written in English). • Translator/Editor: Matthias van Goch, M.D. (translated and considerably expanded). • Publisher: Isaak Tirion, bookseller at Nieuwendyk, by the Dam, in Hugo Grotius, Amsterdam. • Year of publication: 1741. • Print: Second Edition. • Privilege: Featuring the note "With Privilege" (the then copyright/printing permit). Physical characteristics & Binding • Cover material: Original parchment • Condition of the binding: well preserved with a handsome, age-appropriate patina and light, characteristic superficial soiling. No cracks or missing pieces of parchment. Illustrations & Cartography (Fully Complete) and contains all originally accompanying copper engravings (12 plates in total):

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