Apr 12, 2016 - Sale 2410

Sale 2410 - Lot 189

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BRUYN, CORNELIS DE. Reizen . . . door de Vermaardste Deelen van Kleinasia, die Eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c., mitsgaders de Voornaamste Steden van Aegypten, Syrien en Palestina. 100 (of 101) engraved or etched plates, many with multiple subjects, including 16 (of 17) double-page folding panoramic views of Smyrna, Constantinople, Rhodes, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and other locales; engraved text illustrations; double-page folding engraved map of the eastern Mediterranean; lacks the panorama of Chios between pages 168 and 169. [22], 398, [8] pages, including engraved additional title and portrait of Le Brun. Folio, 330x203 mm, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, top of spine chipped, cover corners worn through; occasional toning, minor marginal soiling and foxing, generally not affecting engraved matter, discreet reinforcement or repairs on verso of most panoramas and folding plates, stain in outer right portion of Jerusalem view. Armorial bookplate of Count von Thun und Hohenstein. Delft: Henrik van Krooneveld, 1698

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first edition of a Dutch painter's narrative of his 1677-84 travels in Asia Minor, the Holy Land, and several Greek islands, profusely illustrated after his own drawings.