On y a ajoûté la conte 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 Bruyn, Cornelis de 1652-1727? Ides, Evert Ysbrands. Chardin, John Sir 1643-1713 Kaempfer, Engelbert 1651-1716 text text ne Amsterdam chez les frères Wetstein 1718 monographic fre

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First French edition (first printed in Dutch in 1714); vol. 2 only. The Dutch artist "travelled through Russia and Persia (Ardabil - Kum - Kashan - Isfahan - Persepolis - Lar - Persian Gulf) to East India during 1701-1708. Of these well-travelled paths he was able to contribute many new observations, many of them scientific, and his travel description, hailed by Gabriel as one of the best of its time, well deserves critical analysis and acclaim. The especial value of the work lies in its numerous engavings of cities, places, ruins, animals, and plants. Le Brun considered the preparation of accurate drawings as a necessary duty of the traveller. Of the ruins of Persepolis he brought home the best illustrations available at the time, as well as the first legible cuneiform inscriptions" (cf. Henze). - T.p. and flyleaf with cut-out defects (restored); unattractively deleted stamp on reverse of first plate (slight paper defect; restored); further clipped defects to first leaf of text and last index leaf as well as the instructions to the bookbinder (slight loss to text; restored). Large tear to p. 367f. Upper spine-end professionally restored. The fine plates are in good, clear impressions throughout. Title in red and black. Title vignette. On p. 347 of v. 2 is a picture of a kangaroo, believed to be the first sketched from real life. Le Brun saw it in the garden of the Governor of Java. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .B43 1718 Book Item-ID: i16862673 BIB-ID: 1509760 Includes bibliographical references and index. a-ir--- e-ur--- Voyages and travels Early works to 1800 Middle East Description and travel Early works to 1800 Soviet Union Description and travel Early works to 1800 Iran Description and travel Early works to 1800 East Indies Description and travel Early works to 1800 DS7 .B43 1718 910.4 220367714 aacr AU@ 840326 20130918025307.0 ocn220367714 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng