[Rarebooks] FS: De Bruyn's VOYAGE AU LEVANT ... PAR LA MOSCOVIE, EN PERSE, ET AUX INDES ORIENTALES, 1725, with maps and plates

[Charles Agvent]

DE BRUYN, Cornelis. VOYAGE AU LEVANT, C'EST-A-DIRE, DANS LES PRINCIPAUX 
ENDROITS DE L'ASIE MINEURE, DANS LES ISLES DE CHIO, RHODES, CHYPRE, &C. 
DE MEME QUE DANS LES PLUS CONSIDERABLES VILLES D'EGYPTE, SYRIE, & TERRE 
SAINTE (2 volumes) [and] VOYAGES DE CORNEILLE LE BRUYN PAR LA MOSCOVIE, 
EN PERSE, ET AUX INDES ORIENTALES (3 volumes). Rouen: Ch. Ferrand, 1725. 
First Collected Edition. Five quarto (7-1/4" x 9-3/4") volumes bound in 
modern mottled calf leather, blind-ruled border on covers, gilt 
ornamented spines on 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered black morocco spine 
labels; [16] - 648 - [12], [2] - 565 - [1 bl.] - [12], [2] - 520 - [16], 
[2] - 522 - [12], [2] - 498 - [14] pages. First collected edition 
(original French edition of LEVANT was 1700, MOSCOVY was 1718) of the 
travels in the Levant, Moscow, Persia, and the East Indies by the Dutch 
artist and traveler C. De Bruyn (1652-1627). This edition is augmented 
by accounts not included in the earlier editions. Engraved illustrations 
including a frontispiece-portrait by J. B. Scotin, an allegorical 
frontispiece (page 10), 5 maps of which 4 are folding and 84 plates of 
which 12 are folding, showing costumes, especially of Greek and Turkish 
women, views of monuments and historical sites, scenes of everyday life, 
fauna and flora, etc. Volumes I and II contain the travels to the Levant 
from 1674-1693 describing Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, etc. with 
particularly interesting views of Constantinople, Cairo, Alexandria, 
Persepolis, and Jerusalem. Volumes III to V comprise his second travels 
from 1701-1708 to the north of Russia, visiting the Samoyeds, Moscow, 
Persia, and India. Very interesting account especially for De Bruyn's 
splendid illustrations. Brunet III-911. Margins of the first leaves of 
Volume I reinforced, some browning and staining in the margins 
throughout with occasional margin reinforcement. Light wear to corners 
of bindings. Very Good. (#018671)        $7,500.00

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