522 - DE BRUYN, Cornelis Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie : verrykt met driehondert konstplaten [...]. Amsterdam W.& D. Goeree 1711 Folio: [8]-472-[12] pp.; 135 pl. (sl. staining mainly in the lower corners, offsetting of the plates, minor tears to the text and plates affecting occasionally the sequence numbers of views or shaving the image, numerous paper reinforcements and old repairs, minor wormholes to a few plates in the last part, sm. burn hole to pl. 240, very occ. spotting or foxing, marg. waterstains on last lvs.). 19th-c. half sheep, marbled paper boards, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (rubbed, upper joint split, gilding sl. faded, inner joints reinforced). First edition of one of the most richly illustrated accounts of a voyage to Russia, Persia and some other countries, by the Dutch artist Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1726). He left The Hague in 1701 for Archangel and Moscow, where the Russian Tsar granted him permission to draw the towns and villages of Russia. In 1703 he continued his journey through Asia Minor to Persia, where, after nearly a year in Isfahan, he spent three months at Persepolis, producing the first reliable drawings of its ruins, reliefs and cuneiform inscriptions made available to Western scholars. He then travelled to India, Ceylon and the East Indies before returning through Persia in 1706-1707, when he also visited Pasargadae. Ill. with 135 engr. plates: allegoric front. by Bernard Picart, author's portrait by G. Valck after G. Knelle, 2 fold. maps showing the route of the journey, 260 views on 131 pl. (incl. 45 fold.), as well as 37 unnumbered illustrations in the text. The panoramic views of Moscow and Isfahan extend to a width of 195 cm. Ref. Tiele 209. - Klaversma & Hannema 310. - STCN. - Not in Atabey.