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LE BRUN, CORNELIUS. 1652–1727/28.:Voyages De Corneille Le Brun … Moscovie, en Perse … Vol. I II. Amsterdam: Freres Wetstein, 1718.
2 volumes. Folio (330 x 210 mm). Engraved frontispiece in volume 1, title-pages printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 2, 2 (of 3) double-page engraved maps, 115 engraved plates, many double-page, some folding, the majority with multiple images, and numerous engraved illustrations in text. Modern quarter morocco and red cloth. Paper repair to portrait, a few small tears, some penciled marginalia, scattered spotting and browning.
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of Le Brun\’s travels to Russia, Persia, India and Java, copiously illustrated with flora, fauna, native studies, costumes, antiquities and views. Also included are two particularly wide folding panoramas, one of Moscow and a second of Isfahan. Following an initial voyage to the Levant, \”In 1701, Le Bruyn started on the second of his journeys taking a ship to the country of the Samoyeds, and then proceeding to Moscow. Traveling by way of Asia Minor, he arrived in Persia where he remained for the years 1704-05. Leaving Persia he proceeded [by ship] to India [stopping at Cochin], Ceylon and the East Indies [i.e. Batavia]. He returned by much the same route, residing in Persia between 1706 and 1707 and describing the ruins of Persepolis and Pasargades\” (Howgego). Brunet III, 911; Cohen-de Ricci 610; Howgego B177; Lipperheide 546; Wilson p 33.
棕色的,科尼利厄斯。1652–1727/28年。 棕色科内尔之旅…莫斯科,波斯…第一卷和第二卷。阿姆斯特丹:韦茨坦兄弟,1718年。