Klubbat för:

14000 SEK

Estimate

18 000-20 000 SEK

Description

BRUYN, CORNELIS DE. Reizen Van Cornelis de Bruyn, Door de vermaardste Deelen van Kleinasia, De Eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c. Mitsgaders de voornaamste Steden van Æegypten, Syrien En Palestina, Verrijkt met meer als 200. kopere Konstplaaten, vertoonende de beroemdste Landschappen, Steden, &c. Alles door den Autheur selfs na het leven afgetekend. Delft (Henrik van Krooneveld) 1698.

Folio (about 393x255 mm.). (18), 1-398, (8) pp. Engraved frontispiece (lacks engraved portrait and folding engraved map), 86 engraved plates, partly folding or doublepage (of 102, lacks 16 [numbered 4, 22A, 22B, 22C, 61, 65, 66, 86-87, 96, 137, 143, 186, 203, 205-206, 207-208], some minor foxing), 18 engravings in text.
Contemporary brown calf, worn, cracks in the joints, faded partly damaged richly gilt spine in 7 compartments, marbled edges. Some minor foxing or spotting. Large paper copy.

First edition, the only one to appear in the original language.
Cornelius de Bruyn (1652-1726/28), Dutch traveller and painter. This is his first journey, where he visited Egypt, Syria, The Holy Land, Rhodes, Cyprus, Scio, and Turkey.
See: Atabey collection 159, Cohen/de Ricci 610, Lipperheide Ci48 (=546).
Most of the missing plates are of the folding ones, the remaining folding plates are: Tyrus, Alexandria, Rama, Palmyra, Haselaar.

Provenance: From the library of Ove Hassler (1904-87), Dean in Linköping, Sweden, and his son, Eivind Hassler (1939-2009).

Auktionsnummer:

6146

Date:

2016-06-21