Panoramic view of Jerusalem.

Le Bruyn, Cornelis Jerusalem "Ierusalem" Delft Hendrik van Krooneveld 1698
Long, folded, copper engraved panoramic view of Jerusalem from "Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de Vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia...."[ "Voyage au Levant"]. Black & white; verso blank
The image is one of the largest of Jerusalem, showing the full extent of the city; the view is taken from the high ground looking down on the city. In the foreground a group of hunters look down on the city. Dark impression; folded; 2 plates joined; evenly toned; old repaired splits to 2 folds at the upper margin, 1 to the lower margin; lower margin trimmed short.
Numbers printed over various buildings.

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]. 300 by 1253mm (11¾ by 49¼ inches).   ref: 2016  €1300