Cornelis de Bruins Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie

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Cornelis de Bruins Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie

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Description: Some 300 drawings of people, buildings, plants and animals made by Dutch artist and traveler Cornelis de Bruyn during his voyages to Moscow, Persia and East Indies in 1701-1708.
Names: Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1714; Place: Amsteldam; Publisher: R. en G. Wetstein, J. Oosterwyk, H. van de Gaete, boekverkopers
Library locations: Rare Book Division; Shelf locator: Slav. Reserve 90-4456 no. 76 (Bates)
Topics: Voyages and travels; Soviet Union -- Description and travel; East Indies -- Description and travel; Iran -- Description and travel
Genres: Prints
Notes: Acquisition: The Oleg Ivanovich Pantuhoff Collection, donated to the NYPL in his memory by Oleg Olegovich Pantuhoff (Col. John L. Bates).; Funding: DOE Title II-c Project "Old and Rare."; Content: "Verrykt met driehondert kunstplaten, vertoonende de beroemste lantschappen en steden, ook de byzondere dragten, beesten, gewassen en planten, die daar gevonden worden: voor al derzelver oudheden, en wel voornamentlyk heel uitvoerig, die van het heerlyke en van oudts de geheele werrelt door befaemde hof van Persepolis, by den Persianen Tchilminar genaemt / alles door den auteur zelf met groote naeukeurigheit na't leven afgetekent, en nooit voor dezen in't ligt gebragt."
Physical Description: Extent: [6], 472, [12] p., ca. 200 leaves of plates (part fold.) : ill., maps (part fold.) ; 34 cm.
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPX92-B1270; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11544489; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 600b22d0-c6c1-012f-6852-58d385a7bc34