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MUSSET Alfred deLivre Rare Book

Un rêve ballade par Alfred de Musset. Cent cinquante vers inconnus avec note bibliographique suivie d'une notice des portraits du poète [par Maurice Tourneux].

LE BRUYN, Cornelius (1652-1727/28) [or Le Brun]Biblio.com

Voyages . par la Moscovie en Perse et aux Indes Orientales

171842045Amsterdam: Chez les Freres Wetstein 1718. 2 volumes small folio. 13 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Half-title in volume I titles printed in red and black. Vol 1: engraved portrait of the author by G. Valck after G. Kneller engraved allegorical frontispiece by B. Picart dedication with engraved headpiece 3 engraved double-page maps 111 engraved plates numbered 1-110 plus 1 unnumbered on 52 sheets 29 double-page 7 folding 24 engraved illustrations within the text illustration on p. 164 pasted on slip as issued. Vol 2: 162 engraved plates numbered 111-262 plus 10 unnumbered on 56 sheets 33 double-page 9 folding 20 engraved illustrations within the text. Quarter calf and marbled paper boards spines with raised bands forming six compartments tooled and lettered gilt. Uncut Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein bookplate "Ex Libris Liechtensteinianis" of Franz Joseph II 1906-1989 on front paste-downs A fine clean uncut copy of the First edition in French of Le Bruyn's important illustrated account of his voyage to Russia Persia India and Java. From the library of the Princes of Liechtenstein. In his first expedition of 1674 Dutch traveller and painter Cornelius Le Bruyn remained in the Levant for seven years travelling principally in Asia Minor Syria the Holy Land and Egypt. On his return he published his Voyages au Levant and encouraged by its success undertook a second more far-reaching expedition. "In 1701 Le Bruyn started on the second of his journeys taking a ship to the country of the Samoyeds . and then proceeding to Moscow. Travelling by way of Asia Minor he arrived in Persia where he remained for the years 1704-05. Leaving Persia he proceeded by ship to India stopping at Cochin Ceylon and the East Indies i.e. Batavia. He returned by much the same route residing in Persia between 1706 and 1707 and describing the ruins of Persepolis and Pasargades" Howgego. The numerous finely engraved illustrations include large folding panoramas of Moscow and Isfahan views of Astrakhan and the antiquities at Persepolis and many of the forts encountered on his journey as well as portraits of native peoples and depictions of the flora fish birds animals etc. Of particular note are Le Bruyn's description and images of the Samoyeds and their country among the earliest for the region. Le Bruyn also gives an account of an encounter with William Dampier in Batavia and describes the route taken by Everard Ysbrants Ides the Danish Russian ambassador to China. Brunet III:911 calls for 262 plates based on the numbering of the plate list which does not include the unnumbered plates; Chadenat II 5085; Chahine 2078; Cohen-de Ricci 610; Lipperheide Kaa 6 calls for 128 plates and 45 engraved illustrations; Howgego B177. Chez les Freres Wetstein unknown

Donald Heald Rare Books · États-Unis8 500,00 $US≈ 7 191,85 €

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Un rêve ballade par Alfred de Musset. Cent cinquante vers inconnus avec note bibliographique suivie d'une notice des portraits du poète [par Maurice Tourneux].

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Un rêve ballade par Alfred de Musset. Cent cinquante vers inconnus avec note bibliographique suivie d'une notice des portraits du poète [par Maurice Tourneux].

Vera mundi aetas. definita et demonstrata cura et Diligentia auditoris eius fr. Andreae Mariae Coscioni in lucem edita.

Verbatim Copies of the humble petitions memorial and case of John Dummond heir of the estate and Earldom of Perth to His Majesty; with an advertisement by way of apology for publishing at this time these petitions &c

Verbatim Copies of the humble petitions memorial and case of John Dummond heir of the estate and Earldom of Perth to His Majesty; with an advertisement by way of apology for publishing at this time these petitions &c

Voyages . par la Moscovie en Perse et aux Indes Orientales

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