![A Voyage to the Levant: or, Travels in the principal parts of Asia Minor, the Islands of Scio, Rhodes, Cyprus, etc. with an Account of the most Considerable Cities of Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land. Enrich'd with above Two Hundred Copper-Plates, wherein are represented the most Noted Cities, Countries, Towns, and other remarkable Things, all Drawn to the Life. Done into English, by W. J.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/112/453/1602453112.0.m.jpg)
A Voyage to the Levant: or, Travels in the principal parts of Asia Minor, the Islands of Scio, Rhodes, Cyprus, etc. with an Account of the most Considerable Cities of Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land. Enrich'd with above Two Hundred Copper-Plates, wherein are represented the most Noted Cities, Countries, Towns, and other remarkable Things, all Drawn to the Life. Done into English, by W. J.
by LE BRUYN (Cornelius)
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London, printed for Jacob Tonson, and Thomas Bennet, 1702. Folio. Engraved frontispiece. 3 leaves. 288 pages. 4 leaves. Engraved portrait of the author and 213 illustrations on 98 full-page plates, many of them folding. Full speckled calfskin, decorated flat spine, gold lace around the covers (early 19th century binding). First English Edition of one of the most beautiful illustrated works on the Levant. Cornelius De Bruyn (1652-1726/7), Dutch traveler and painter, had spent several years in the Levant between 1678 and 1685. The work collects the observations and illustrations made during this trip. De Bruyn was primarily a landscape artist, which is evident in the highly detailed panoramas of this work which include views of Smyrna, Constantinople, the Bosphorus, Rhodes, Tyre, Alexandria, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Aleppo, Palmyra etc. The costume boards mainly depict different types of Greek and Turkish hairstyles. Uniformly browned paper. Copy from Thomas Hutton's library with a pencil mention on the back of the lower cover: "Perfect. From B. Quaritch for £65".
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- A Voyage to the Levant: or, Travels in the principal parts of Asia Minor, the Islands of Scio, Rhodes, Cyprus, etc. with an Account of the most Considerable Cities of Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land. Enrich'd with above Two Hundred Copper-Plates, wherein are represented the most Noted Cities, Countries, Towns, and other remarkable Things, all Drawn to the Life. Done into English, by W. J.
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- LE BRUYN (Cornelius)
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- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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