Beschreibung:

Travels through Europe, Asia, and into Part of Africa; with Proper Cutts and Maps. Containing a great variety of geographical, topographical, and political obversations on those parts of the world; especially on Italy, Turky, Greece, Crim and Noghaian Tartaries, Circassia, Sweden, and Lapland, 3 volumes, 1st English edition, printed for the author [3rd volume printed for E. Symon & others], 1723-32, first volume with printed licence leaf facing title, third volume with engraved frontispiece, 56 copper engraved maps and plates, including many folding or double-page, first volume with short wormtrack towards centre of inner margins at rear, slightly affecting some plates, one folding map to second volume torn without loss, third volume with wormtrack to extreme lower outer corners at centre of volume, contents generally in very good, clean condition, contemporary full calf blindstamped calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed and some wear to edges with joints to first and second volumes, partly cracked, folio (358 x 220 mm) Ex libris Thomas Johnes (1748-1816) of Hafod, with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Atabey 661. Navari 946: 'This important work describes La Mottraye's travels over a 26-year period which took him through Northern Europe to Tartary and the Levant. The plates are of particular interest and include many signed by Hogarth which form part of his early work. They illustrate antiquities, objets d'art, and scenes of the eastern life.' (3)