Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot
Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 by Melchisedec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot

Dutch edition of Thévenot's travels in the Levant, with Jan Luyken's splendid illustrations of 1681 1731

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  • Sur l'oeuvre d'art
    Alle de gedenkwaardige en zeer naauwkeurige reizen …; mitsgaders de voornaamster byzonderheden van d'Archipel, Konstantinopolen, 't Heilige Land, Egypten, de woestynen van Arabie, Mekka …
    Amsterdam, Gerrit Bos, 1731. 4to. With engraved title-page, standing portrait of the author in Eastern garb, 19 engraved plates (including 2 folding) drawn, etched and engraved by Jan Luyken. 18th-century half calf, sprinkled-paper sides, refurbished in the 19th century and with a 20th-century spine label.

    First volume (of three as numbered, but intended for binding as two) of Thévenot's travels in the Levant in the years 1655 to 1659, including Constantinople, the Holy Land and Egypt, and his further travels to Arabia, Mecca and elsewhere. In the Dutch editions volume 1 is more extensive than volumes 2 and 3, and in the 1723/24 and 1731 editions (both called the second edition on the title-pages) volume 3 has only a divisional title-page, so it was clearly the intention to bind volumes 2 and 3 together, making two volumes of about equal length. The present copy is volume 1 of this 1731 edition.
    With an 18th-century(?) bookseller's note on an endleaf. With marginal chips in the engraved title-page, a few leaves somewhat browned, but in good condition and with large margins. The binding is worn. A detailed account of travels in the Levant, beautifully illustrated from the plates made for it by Jan Luyken in 1681.
    V. Eeghen & V.d. Keller 47 note; Klaversma & Hannema 1416; Landwehr 258 note; Tiele, Bibl. 1090 note.
  • Sur l'artiste
    Melchisédec Jean-Baptiste Thévenot (c. 1620 - 29 octobre 1692) était un compilateur français et un érudit oriental, né à Paris en 1620. Il fut envoyé en 1652 pour une importante mission à Rome, et en 1684, il fut nommé bibliothécaire du Royal Bibliothèque. Il a été l'un des fondateurs de l'Académie des sciences. Son magnum opus est une compilation de voyages et de voyages, intitulé «Récit de nombreux voyages curieux inédits», etc., (2 volumes, 1672) Il était réputé pour ses réalisations scientifiques, ainsi que sa profonde connaissance des langues orientales , et a été l'inventeur d'un niveau d'air. Il a également rassemblé de nombreux livres et manuscrits précieux pour la Bibliothèque royale, dont il a rédigé un catalogue intitulé «Bibliotheca Thevenotiana.