La Motrayes Travels through Europe 1723

TRAVELS IN RUSSIA, POLAND ETC. LA MOTRAYE, AUBERY DE. Travels through Europe, Asia and into part of Africa... containing a great variety of .. observations... espacially on Italy, Turky, Greece, Crim and Noghaian Tartaries, Cicassia, Sweden and Lapland.. Part II-III. London (printed for the author, E. Symon - J. Newton a.o.) 1723, 1732 (the supplement or vol. III was published in 1732).
Not complete - Lacking volume I.

Folio (ca 340x210 mm.). (3), 2-432, 72, (8), 296, (12) pp. Last leaf printer´s advertisment. 1 engraved portrait (of Charles XII and Görtz, which is mounted and cut to platemark), 25 engraved maps and plates [vol. II: 16 and vol. III: 9 incl. frontispiece]. Lacking 3 plates in vol. II. Some woodcut initials. Some spotting and dampstaining, mostly to margins, some offsetting of plates to text.

Contemporary brown full calf, partly worn, small repair to board, partly split joints, richly gilt spine in seven compartments and with black title labels, damages at head and foot. About 10 pages with some spotting to margins and repaired tear to lower margin in vol. II, one minor tear. Some leaves browned especially at the end.

Bring 123, Schiötz 567a och c.
The plates are amongst others engraved by William Hogarth.

Title to vol III: The Voyages and Travels of A. De la Motraye, Vol. III, in several provinces and places of the Kingdoms and Dukedoms of Prussia, Russia, Poland &c... Translated from the French.

Not complete - lacking volume I. Lacking 3 plates in vol. II.

Not complete - lacking volume I. Lacking 3 plates in vol. II.
See text.