Cornelis de Bruijn's books
Cornelis de Bruijn (c.1652-1727) was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Persepolis, the first reliable pictures of these palaces to be accessible for western scholars. His other visits included the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Jerusalem, Russia, and the East Indies.
Editions
- Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia (1698)
- Corneille le Brun, Voyage au Levant (1700)
- Corneille le Brun, A Voyage to the Levant: or Travels in the Principal Parts of Asia Minor (1702)
- Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie (1711)
- Voyages de Corneille le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Occidentales (1718)
- Corneille le Brun, Voyage to the Levant and Travels into Moscovy, Persia, and the East Indies (1720)
- C. le Brun, An Abstract of M.C. Le Brun's Travels through Russia (1722)
- Puteshestvie cerez Moskouviju Kornelija de Brujna (1873)
- Aenmerkingen Over de Printverbeeldingen van de Overblijfzelen van het Oude Persepolis (1714)
Other English translations appeared in 1737, 1759, and 1873.
Literature
- J.W. Drijvers, J. de Hond, H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg (eds.): "Ik hadde de nieusgierigheid". De reizen door het Nabije Oosten van Cornelis de Bruijn (ca.1652-1727) (1997 Leiden and Leuven)
- Jan de Hond, "Cornelis de Bruijn (1652-1726/27). A Dutch Painter in the East", in: G.J. van Gelder, E. de Moor (eds.), Eastward Bound. Dutch Ventures and Adventures in the Middle East, Orientations 2 (London/Atlanta 1994), pp. 51-81
- G. Jurriaans-Helle (ed.), Cornelis de Bruijn. Voyages from Rome to Jerusalem and from Moscow to Batavia (Catalogue of an exposition in the Allard Piersonmuseum, Amsterdam, 1998)
The author of this article likes to express his gratitude to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Historisch Museum of Deventer, Wouter Visser, Dick van Zoonen, and the late Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg.