192 - LA MOTRAYE (Aubry de). Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Containing a wide variety of geographical, historical, and political studies on Italy, Greece, Turkey, Crimean Tartary, Nogai, Circassia, Sweden, Lapland, etc. With instructive remarks on the manners, customs, opinions, &c., of the peoples and countries where the author has traveled […] The Hague, T. Johnson & J. Van Duren, 1727. 2 folio vols.: Vol. I [7] ff., 472–23 pp., frontispiece, 29 plates including VII bis, 2 maps A and B. — Vol. II (3) ff., 496–39 pp., frontispiece (identical to that of Vol. I), 18 plates, including IX bis and 2 maps C and D.

LA MOTRAYE (Aubry de). Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Containing a wide variety of geographical, historical, and political studies on Italy, Greece, Turkey, Crimean Tartary, Nogai, Circassia, Sweden, Lapland, etc. With instructive remarks on the manners, customs, opinions, &c., of the peoples and countries where the author has traveled […] The Hague, T. Johnson & J. Van Duren, 1727. 2 folio vols.: Vol. I [7] ff., 472–23 pp., frontispiece, 29 plates including VII bis, 2 maps A and B. — Vol. II (3) ff., 496–39 pp., frontispiece (identical to that of Vol. I), 18 plates, including IX bis and 2 maps C and D. Rooted calfskin, smooth decorated spine, title labels in brown morocco (modern binding). First French edition of this important travel account by Aubry de La Mottraye, illustrated with a vignette on the title pages, a repeated frontispiece, 4 maps, and 47 engraved plates: views, costumes, plans, and medallions. Bibliographers highlight the beauty of the illustrations by William Hogarth, one of the most famous English artists of the 18th century. (Chadenat 105, Blackmer 946). Aubry de la Motraye (1674–1743). A young man of good birth, French and Protestant, he moved to England at a young age and decided to travel at the age of 22. In 1696, he set sail on a journey that would span 26 years of adventure and discovery. He returned with an account of his travels through Europe, Asia, and Africa. From 1696 to 1729, Aubry de La Mottraye traveled through Tartary, Turkey, various regions of Asia and Africa, and the northern lands, beginning with Scandinavia, where he became a confidant of Charles XII. A very fine copy in a modern imitation binding.