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525 - BRUYN, Cornelis. The Travels of Cornelis de Bruyn Through the Most Renowned Parts of Asia Minor, the Islands of Scio, Rhodes, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c., as Well as the Principal Cities of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine [...]. Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1698. Folio: [20, including engraved title page]–398–[8] pp.; 104 plates (some folds on the plates reinforced on the reverse, some slight age-toning). Contemporary half-sheep binding, later replaced with paper boards, spine with raised bands (endpapers replaced, some soiling, corners bumped). First edition of this lavishly illustrated travelogue by landscape painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652–1726), published on the occasion of his seven-year stay in the Near East. Illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece by J. Mulder after R. du Val and the author’s portrait by G. Valck, as well as more than 210 numbered illustrations on single and folding sheets and in the text, engraved by Jan and Casper Luyken, among others (including a large map not mentioned in the bookbinder’s note, 17 very large double-page folding plates, and illustrations labeled A, 22A, 22B, 22C, A (again), and B). The large folding plates offer impressive panoramic views of the cities of Smyrna, Messina, Scio, Rhodes, Alexandria, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Cairo, and Constantinople. The remaining illustrations primarily depict animals and costumes. Printed in two colors. Ref. Tiele 207. - Klaversma & Hannema 311. - STCN. - Not in Chadenat.
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BRUYN, Cornelis. The Travels of Cornelis de Bruyn Through the Most Renowned Parts of Asia Minor, the Islands of Scio, Rhodes, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c., as Well as the Principal Cities of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine [...]. Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1698. Folio: [20, including engraved title page]–398–[8] pp.; 104 plates (some folds on the plates reinforced on the reverse, some slight age-toning). Contemporary half-sheep binding, later replaced with paper boards, spine with raised bands (endpapers replaced, some soiling, corners bumped). First edition of this lavishly illustrated travelogue by landscape painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652–1726), published on the occasion of his seven-year stay in the Near East. Illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece by J. Mulder after R. du Val and the author’s portrait by G. Valck, as well as more than 210 numbered illustrations on single and folding sheets and in the text, engraved by Jan and Casper Luyken, among others (including a large map not mentioned in the bookbinder’s note, 17 very large double-page folding plates, and illustrations labeled A, 22A, 22B, 22C, A (again), and B). The large folding plates offer impressive panoramic views of the cities of Smyrna, Messina, Scio, Rhodes, Alexandria, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Cairo, and Constantinople. The remaining illustrations primarily depict animals and costumes. Printed in two colors. Ref. Tiele 207. - Klaversma & Hannema 311. - STCN. - Not in Chadenat.
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