Semler, Johann Salomon (Hrsg.): Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden. Drey und zwanzigster Theil. Halle: Gebauer 1761. 22,6 x 19,3 cm. With an engraved title page, 2 engraved fold-out maps, and 5 engraved head vignettes. 29 pp., 1 unnumbered page, 678 pp., 17 leaves. Parchment with a handwritten title on the spine.

(Slightly rubbed, with dust stains; front cover warped. Book block trimmed slightly too close at the top edge. Flyleaf with a handwritten ownership note. Title page with a handwritten addition of “3.” next to the publication date. Two leaves with mottled wormholes in the white margins. Upper spine with water stains. Minimal signs of age.)

VD18 10736182. - A volume of the monumental German translation of the English “Universal History,” edited by the Halle theologian and historian Johann Salomon Semler. This 23rd volume also corresponds to the fifth volume of the “History of Modern Times” and deals primarily with the history of Persia and India, with a special focus on the Mughal rulers and the Shah of Persia.