Aleppo, Former Capital of Syria.

Le Bruyn, Cornelis Aleppo "Aleppo" Delft Hendrik van Krooneveld 1698
Long, folded, copper engraved panoramic view of Aleppo from "Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de Vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia...."[ "Voyage au Levant"]. Modern colour; verso blankThe image is one of the largest of the former capital of Syria, showing the full extent of the city; the view is taken from the high ground looking down on the city. In the foreground a caravan arrives at the end of the Silk road. Dark impression; folded; 2 plates joined; one part toned due to paper quality; old repaired split to one fold; side margins close trimmed by binder.

DEBRUIN (or de Bruyn), CORNELIS, also known as Corneille Le Brun or Le Bruyn (b. the Hague 1652, d. Utrecht 1726 or 1727),

Best known as a landscape artist, Le Bryun traveled widely from a young age to Vienna, on to Rome then to Smyrna, Constantinople, Egypt, Jerusalem, Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey. (This first travel was financed by Nicolas Witsen, author, cartographer and burgomaster Of Amsterdam)
Everywhere he went Le Bruyn depicted the scenes around him, he was especially interested in places of antiquity or historic interest, and his are the first images of the interior of a pyramids and Jerusalem to be widely available to a Westerners. "I want to offer accurate pictures of those cities, towns, and buildings that I have visited, " he wrote, "and without recklessness I can claim to have done something that no one has done before" (reported by the New York society Library). After an eight-years in Venice, Le Bruyn returned to The Hague in 1693.
Blackmer/ Navari:225; Blackmer/Sotheby's 47;[ French edition 1704]. 305 by 1023mm (12 by 40¼ inches).   ref: 2014  €700