La Mottraye. Travels through Europe, Asia, and into parts of Africa, 1723, 2 volumes. folio. modern calf

LA MOTTRAYE, AUBREY DE

Travels through Europe, Asia, and into parts of Africa. London: for the author, 1723

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes (of 3, see footnote), folio (344 x 219mm.), 4 folding engraved maps, and 44 plates (23 double-page or folding) by William Hogarth and others, licence leaf in vol.1, list of subscribers bound at end of vol.2, modern panelled calf, one folding plate (no.6) torn and repaired within image, occasional spotting or browning

This first edition is complete in two volumes. A third volume did not appear until some years later, in 1732, when the second edition was published in three volumes.

LITERATURE:

Atabey 661; Blackmer 946 (both French editions)