Europe.- De La Mottraye (Aubrey) Voyages...en Europe, Asie & Afrique, 2 vol., first French edition, first issue with 'Avis' leaf in vol.1, half-title in vol.1 (as called for), engraved additional allegorical titles by Picart, titles in red & black with engraved vignette, list of subscribers, 47 engraved plates & plans (some by William Hogarth, 27 folding or double-page), 4 folding maps, title to vol.1 reused in vol.2, one shaved at edge, another with tear to central fold, one plate torn and repaired, a few spots, light stain to upper edge of a few leaves in vol.2, [Atabey 661; Blackmer 946], The Hague, T.Johnson & J. van Duren, 1727; Voyages...en diverses provinces et places de la Prusse Ducale et Royale, de la Russie, de la Pologne &c., first edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece (based on that in the first work but re-engraved), title in red & black with woodcut ornament, text in French and English in double column, engraved coat-of-arms to dedication, 7 engraved plates and 2 maps, one folding, all browned, The Hague, for the Author, by Adrien Moetjens, 1732, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed (particularly first work), rebacked in paler calf preserving old red roan labels, folio (3)

⁂ Accounts of the Huguenot La Mottraye's extensive travels through Europe and the Ottoman Empire over twenty-six years, the first work particularly concerning Turkey and Constantinople. The list of subscribers includes Isaac Newton, Hans Sloane and Richard Steele.