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[Shiraz and surrounding countryside]Vue de la Campagne du Coté de Zji-Raes; Vue vers la ville Zji-Raes; Vue proche de la Porte de Zji-Raes
[after Cornelis de Bruyn, published c.1737]
Engraving, platemark 285 x 400mm (11¼ x 15¾"), large margins. Central fold as issued.
Views of Shiraz, now part of Iran. Plate from the Dutch artist and writer Cornelis de Bruyn's (1652-1727) 'Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and part of the East-Indies', as the 1737 English translation was titled. At the time of de Bruyn's visit the city was in decline: he wrote in his text that 'most of the buildings of this city are in ruins, and the streets so narrow and dirty, that they are hardly passible in rainy seasons'. However, under the rule of Karim Khan Zand, who made the city his capital in 1762, Shiraz returned to prosperity.
[Ref: 41197] £140.00
Engraving, platemark 285 x 400mm (11¼ x 15¾"), large margins. Central fold as issued.
Views of Shiraz, now part of Iran. Plate from the Dutch artist and writer Cornelis de Bruyn's (1652-1727) 'Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and part of the East-Indies', as the 1737 English translation was titled. At the time of de Bruyn's visit the city was in decline: he wrote in his text that 'most of the buildings of this city are in ruins, and the streets so narrow and dirty, that they are hardly passible in rainy seasons'. However, under the rule of Karim Khan Zand, who made the city his capital in 1762, Shiraz returned to prosperity.
[Ref: 41197] £140.00