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Recherches Curieuses d’Antiquite, Contenues en Plusieurs Dissertations, sur des Medailles, Bas-reliefs, Statuës, Mosaïques, & Inscriptions Antiques; Enriches d’un Grand Nombre de Figures en Taille douce. |
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Thomas Amaulry, Lyon. 1683. First Edition, 4to, [xxiv],538,[22]pp., engraved vignette on title, with an additional engraved title, one full-page plate on verso of privilege leaf, which is trimmed at outer edge with slight loss to caption wording, numerous engraved head- and tail-pieces, occasional soiling, cont. calf, rubbed, rebacked, hinges cracked. Jacob Spon (1647-1685) was a Frenchman who travelled through Italy, Dalmatia, Greece and the Levant on a grand tour that began in October 1674. This, a collection of 31 essays on antiquity, mainly covers works of art, coins and architecture. |
