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Le Brun, Corneille (1652-1727) Voyage au Levant. Paris: Cavelier, 1714. Folio, illustrated with portrait and added engraved title, typographical title printed in red and black; illustrated throughout with folding map, very large folding city views, text and full page engravings; numbered successively with some anomalies, including the exclusion of numbers 24 to 33, among others; some double page views with more than one number; many double page spreads and full page illustrations with multiple images, each numbered; all said, this copy contains thirty-four double page or folding engravings, and fifty-two full page engravings extraneous to the collation; in other copies, some of the double page images may appear bound as two single full page plates; full contemporary boards, rebacked, worn; some ink stains to contents, some large views folded imperfectly and protruding from the binding, square piece trimmed from title to remove old signature; surface tear to following page with some loss; 12 1/2 x 8 in.


Skinner

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2015-11-15