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138 - Corneille LE BRUN. Travels… through Muscovy, Persia, and the East Indies… Amsterdam, Wetstein Brothers, 1718. 2 volumes, in-4, brown calfskin, spine with 6 decorated raised bands (contemporary binding, damaged).
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Corneille LE BRUN. Travels… through Muscovy, Persia, and the East Indies… Amsterdam, Wetstein Brothers, 1718. 2 volumes, in-4, brown calfskin, spine with 6 decorated raised bands (contemporary binding, damaged). Brunet, III-911 / Chahine, 2708 /// I. (4f.)-252 / II. (1f.)-253 to 469 First edition of this important travel account, containing a frontispiece, a portrait, 3 maps, and 316 engravings, including 262 numbered engravings on 115 separate plates, 43 in the text, and 11 on 4 separate plates. The 262 numbered engravings are distributed across 54 plates outside the text, 47 double plates, and 14 fold-out plates. The binding is damaged, with split hinges and missing caps and corners. Four double plates are missing. One leaf is torn, and one plate has been repaired.
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