DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Mos - Lot 69

DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes orientales. Amsterdam, Wetstein, 1718. 2 volumes small folio, [4] f., 252 p. + [1] f., 253-469 p., contemporary speckled calf, ribbed spine, red title and greevel, ornate bindings, triple cold fillet framing the covers, red speckled edges (epidermure on covers, rubbing on edges and spines, 3 uncovered headpieces, dull corners, large tear on preface page, large split at fold of ill. 12 in front of page 40, cut margins affecting a small part of ills. 175, 176, 177, 187, 188, 194 and 194). First edition in French, illustrated with over 262 hors-texte views and figures (costumed figures and scenes; flora and fauna, etc.), plus an engraved frontispiece reproducing a drawing by B. Picart dated 1711, an engraved portrait of the author by G. Valck, and three double-page maps illustrating the Russian Empire by Eberhard Isbrand Ides, the route from Amsterdam to Muscovy and thence to Isfahan and Gamron, and the route from Gamron to Batavia and from Batavia to Gamron. Provenance: Label Ad. d'Eichthal, most probably Baron Adolphe d'Eichthal (1805-1895), a French financier and politician.