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17th century prospect of Alexandria by a professional artist

BRUYN, Cornelis de.

Alexandria.
Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, 1714. 230 x 630mm.

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A panoramic view of ruins at the port of Alexandria, with the Pharos, the famous lighthouse.
In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, visiting Jerusalem, Constantinople, Egypt, Greece and Cyprus. returning in 1684. His account was first published in Dutch in 1698 as 'Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn... door Klein Asia...van Aegypten, Syrien en Palestina'. This example comes from the first French edition, 'Voyage au Levant, c'est-à-dire, dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie Mineure, dans les isles de Chio, Rhodes, & Chypre &c'.
On a second tour de Bruyn visited Russia, from where he travelled south to Persia then east to Java.


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Stock Id :23088

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17th century prospect of Alexandria by a professional artist

BRUYN, Cornelis de.

Alexandria.
Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, 1714. 230 x 630mm.

Narrow lateral margins.

A panoramic view of ruins at the port of Alexandria, with the Pharos, the famous lighthouse.
In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, visiting Jerusalem, Constantinople, Egypt, Greece and Cyprus. returning in 1684. His account was first published in Dutch in 1698 as 'Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn... door Klein Asia...van Aegypten, Syrien en Palestina'. This example comes from the first French edition, 'Voyage au Levant, c'est-à-dire, dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie Mineure, dans les isles de Chio, Rhodes, & Chypre &c'.
On a second tour de Bruyn visited Russia, from where he travelled south to Persia then east to Java.


Stock ID : 23088

£280

£280

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