[Le BRUN (Cornelius De Bruyn, alias Corneille)]. - Lot 116

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[Le BRUN (Cornelius De Bruyn, alias Corneille)]. - Lot 116
[Le BRUN (Cornelius De Bruyn, alias Corneille)]. Travels of Corneille Le Brun through Muscovy, Persia, and the East Indies [...]. We have added the route followed by Mr. Isbrants, ambassador of Muscovy, crossing Russia and Tartary, to get to China [...]. In Amsterdam, Chez les Frères Wetstein, 1718. 2 small volumes in-folio (210 x 332 mm), blond calf, triple cold fillet framing the boards, gilded coat of arms in the center, spine with ornamented nerves (binding of the time). First French edition. A frontispiece engraved by PICART, a vignette at the head of the dedication, a portrait of the author and 322 engraved figures or plates, including: three double maps, 275 other figures out of text (numbered from 1 to 262, pag. 106 [3], pag. 117 [3], pag. 120 [4] and pag. 126 [3]), on 115 plates, some of them double or triple (among which a very large one of Moscow and another one of Isfahan), some of them with several subjects, and 44 in text. Volume I: figures on plates numbered from 1 to 110. Volume II: figures on plates numbered from 111 to 262. Corners dulled; first bites of both volumes partially cracked; some fussing; f. 191/192 torn without missing. A GOOD COPY IN BLOND CALF WITH THE ARMS OF JEANNE-BAPTISTE D'ALBERT DE LUYNES, COUNTESS OF VERRUE (1670-1736). Brunet, III, 911; Hage-Chahine, 2708; Wilson, 33; Boucher de La Richarderie, I, 192-194.
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