78/2706 [Levant]. Bruyn, C. de. Reizen door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia, De Eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c. Mitsgaders de voornaamste Steden van Aegypten, Syrien En Palestina. Delft, H. van Krooneveld, 1698, (18),398,(8)p., engr. frontisp., portrait, 213 (incl. 3 plates numbered as A, 22B and 22C) views/ plates (incl. 18 (very large) fold. panoramic views and num. double-p. views/ plates and num. full-p. plates and half-p. ills. (all numb.)), contemp. mottled calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, folio.

- A few minor plates sl. yellowed; the fold. plate of Jerusalem comes from another copy; a few textleaves sl. foxed. Top of spine chipped; corners and foot of spine sl. rubbed; joints professionally restored. A fine copy in an attractive binding.

= Remarkable copy from the library of A.M. LEDEBOER, with all plates BEFORE LETTERS and printed on heavier paper. Navari 159 ("The sheer extent of the work is impressive"); Tiele 207; Cat. NHSM 257; Boucher de la Richarderie I, 245; Röhricht 1184; Lipperheide Ci48. The first edition of "one of the best illustrated works on the Levant" (Cox I, p.218). Splendid (large) panoramic views of i.a. Constantinople (190x30 cm.), Jerusalem (120x30 cm.), Smyrna, Rhodos, Bethlehem, Aleppo, Alexandria.