Sale: 328 / Rare Books, Nov. 19./20. 2007 in Hamburg Lot 487

 
Aubry de La Mottraye - Voyages de la Motraye. 3 Bde. 1727


487
Aubry de La Mottraye
Voyages de la Motraye. 3 Bde. 1727
Estimate:
€ 500 / $ 535
Sold:
€ 1,920 / $ 2,054
(incl. surcharge)
La Mottraye, A. de, Voyages en Europe, Asie & Afrique. Où l'en trouve une grande varieté des recherches geographiques. 3 vols. With 3 (2 rep.) engr. frontispieces, 2 rep. engr. title vignettes, 1 engr. text vignette, 5 folding engr. maps and 52 (10 folding) copper plates. The Hague, T. Johnson and Van Duren 1727 (vol. I-II), respectively A. Moetjens 1732 (vol. III). Contemp. calf with gilt spine. 4to. 6 ll., 472, 23 pp. (appendix); 3 ll., 496, 39 pp. (appendix); 4 ll., 480 pp.
Blackmer 946 with annotations. - Brunet III, 801. - Cox I, 78. - Griep/Luber 764 (both only vols I and II). - Lipperheide Cl 6 and 7. - First French edition of the comprehensive travel reports, of which vol. I and II had already been published in English in 1723, basing on the original French manuscript. - The plates show antiques, coins, objects of everyday use, customs, views and others. - Partly slightly browned (plates in vol II stronger) and partly foxed, 1 frontispiece loosened. Bindings scraped and bumped, joints torn and partly loosened. - Ex-libris.



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Aubry de La Mottraye
Voyages de la Motraye. 3 Bde. 1727
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