Amsterdam: Freres Wetstein. 1718. Binding: Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked expertly, spine with 6 raised bands, title in gilt on two, spine with decorative gilt motifs, speckled red edges., Notes: Text in French.
Cornelis de Bruyn (1652–1726/7) was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of people, buildings, plants and animals. During his first tour, he visited Rome, where he became a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname Adonis, which is how he signed the bent brief of Abraham Genoels II. He travelled in Egypt and climbed to the top of a pyramid where he left his signature. De Bruijn made secret drawings of Jerusalem, then part of the Ottoman Empire. His drawings of Palmyra are copies. De Bruijn reached Cyprus and stayed among the Dutch merchants in Smyrna and Constantinople. From 1684 he worked in Venice with the painter Johann Carl Loth, returning in 1693 to The Hague, where he sold his souvenirs., Size: Folio., Illustration: Illustrated with 3 folding engraved maps, 274 engraved plates on 108 folding sheets (numbered 1-260 plus 14 unnumbered), 44 engraved illustrations in text, lacking binder's leaf at end of vol.2.
Title in red and black, with engraved publisher’s imprint. Engraved frontispiece by Bernard Picart; portrait of the author engraved by G. Valck after Godfrey Kneller. This is a marvelous account of LeBrun’s journey through Moscow, Persia, India, Sri Lanka, and the East Indies. The copious illustrations depict the people, costumes, landscapes, cityscapes, ancient ruins, flora, fauna, and other important subjects of Russia, the Middle East and the Far East.
, Volume: In two volumes., Provenance: Ex-Libris of Robert J. Hayhurts and a contemporary ink inscription of Charles de Glimes de Brabant on the upper verso. , References: Brunet III:911; Cohen-deRicci 610., Category: Book Voyages General; Book Russia; Book Asia Middle East Iran; Book Asia South East. A handsome and clean copy of this important account of De Bruyn's voyage to Russia, Persia, India, and Java, which includes large folding panoramas of Moscow and Isfahan and many plates on animals and plants. Item #B6404

Binding: Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked expertly, spine with 6 raised bands, title in gilt on two, spine with decorative gilt motifs, speckled red edges., Notes: Text in French.
Cornelis de Bruyn (1652–1726/7) was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of people, buildings, plants and animals. During his first tour, he visited Rome, where he became a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname Adonis, which is how he signed the bent brief of Abraham Genoels II. He travelled in Egypt and climbed to the top of a pyramid where he left his signature. De Bruijn made secret drawings of Jerusalem, then part of the Ottoman Empire. His drawings of Palmyra are copies. De Bruijn reached Cyprus and stayed among the Dutch merchants in Smyrna and Constantinople. From 1684 he worked in Venice with the painter Johann Carl Loth, returning in 1693 to The Hague, where he sold his souvenirs., Size: Folio., Illustration: Illustrated with 3 folding engraved maps, 274 engraved plates on 108 folding sheets (numbered 1-260 plus 14 unnumbered), 44 engraved illustrations in text, lacking binder's leaf at end of vol.2.
Title in red and black, with engraved publisher’s imprint. Engraved frontispiece by Bernard Picart; portrait of the author engraved by G. Valck after Godfrey Kneller. This is a marvelous account of LeBrun’s journey through Moscow, Persia, India, Sri Lanka, and the East Indies. The copious illustrations depict the people, costumes, landscapes, cityscapes, ancient ruins, flora, fauna, and other important subjects of Russia, the Middle East and the Far East.
, Volume: In two volumes., Provenance: Ex-Libris of Robert J. Hayhurts and a contemporary ink inscription of Charles de Glimes de Brabant on the upper verso. , References: Brunet III:911; Cohen-deRicci 610., Category: Book Voyages General; Book Russia; Book Asia Middle East Iran; Book Asia South East.

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