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RUSSIA - CHINA (2). LE BRUN (BRUYN), C. DE. Voyages... par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales... on y a ajoûté la route qu'a suivie mr. Isbrants, ambassadeur de Moscovie, en traversant la Russie &La Tartarie, pour se rendre à la Chine. Et quelques remarques contre mrs. Chardin & Kempfer... I-II. Amsterdam (chez les freres Wetstein) 1718.

Folio (c. 330x203 mm.). (8), 252, (2), 253-468 pp. Lacking page 469 (avis au reliur).
Engraved frontispiece portrait G. Valck after G. Kneller, engraved allegorical frontispiece B. Picart, 2 titles printed in red and black, 1 engraved headpiece (to the dedication), 3 engraved double-page maps, 115 engraved plates (with illustrations numbered 1-262 and 11 unnumbered), of which 62 double-page and 16 folding, 44 engravings in text.
Contemporary brown calf bindings, partly worn and rubbed, richly gilt spines in seven compartments and red title labels, speckled edges. Titles with some soiling, vol. I with minor spot and some dampstaining to margin, old owner's note on both titles. Some occasional foxing, tear to page 145-46 (c. 4 cms) in vol I, some brown stains in lower margin on page 316-17 in vol II. Owner's monogram booklabel L. B. C. on inside of cover. 2 volumes.

Cohen-De Ricci p. 610. First edition in French of this important account of Le Brun's voyage to Russia, Persia, India, and Java.
Includes large folding panoramas of Moscow and Isfahan and many plates on animals and plants.

Auktionsnummer:

6388

Datum:

2017-11-21