Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat, van alle volkeren; behelzende de beschryving der Vereenigde Nederlanden, en wel in 't byzonder van Overyssel.Amsterdam, P. Schouten, J. de Groot, G. Warnars; Leiden, S. & J. Luchtmans; Dordrecht, A. & P. Blussé; Harlingen, V. van der Plaats, 1781-1803. 4 volumes. 8vo. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece, a folding engraved map, and 9 folding engraved views of Deventer, Zwolle, Kampen, Zwartsluis and Hasselt. Uniform white half parchment (ca. 1900/14?), sewn on 4 recessed cords, with hollow backs, nonpareil-marbled sides, title and volume numbers neatly lettered across the spines in black ink.

[4], 494; [4], 533; [2], 614; [2], 224 pp.The history of Overijssel, by Gerhard Dumbar Jr. (1743-1802), in the original Dutch. The third volume is divided into three parts, with separate title-pages, but a single sequence of page numbers. Dumbar left it unfinished at his death, breaking off after the first part of volume four. It was published by the "Compagnie der Vaderlandsche Historie" (active from 1779 to 1810). This company included the six publishers in the imprint of the present volumes. As a part of their business venture, they published new editions continuing the Hedendaagsche historie-series to complete the description of the Dutch Republic. The dates on the title-pages of the four volumes are 1781, 1790, 1792 and 1803 respectively, but volumes 1 and 3 were published in two (1781, 1786) and three (1792, 1798, 1801) instalments respectively. Volume 1 was reissued in 1798. A planned further instalment of volume 4 never appeared.Apart from the beautiful frontispiece - an allegorical representation of Overijssel as a woman - the present volumes include several detailed engravings, depicting the most important cities and sights in the Overijssel region, located in the eastern Netherlands.Each volume with the armorial bookplate of F.G.I. Houck, J.U.D. (active 1915), signed “Roick” by the Berlin heraldic artist and lithographer Oskar Roick (1870-1926), volume 1 also with the small, early 20th-century bookseller’s ticket (white on gold) of the Deventer bookdealer Ch[arles] Dixon (firm active 1835 to at least 1947). With occasional minor foxing, but overall in good condition.l Bodel Nijenhuis 2849; STCN 156111020, 156111985, 156112981, 156113449; Tiele, Bibl. 1033.