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Friday 15 December 2023, 11:00 AM • Rome

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Jacob, Spon

Curieuses d'antiquité, contenues en plusieurs dissertations sur des médailles, bas-reliefs, statues, mosaics et inscriptions antiques., 1683

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€ 250 - 350

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€ 374

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Information

Lyon, Thomas Almaury, 1683. In-4th. On the frontispiece there is a figured plate engraved in copper  illustrated vignette on the title page, numerous figures of statues and coins, small woodworm holes, halos, contemporary leather binding  brown, stamped decorations on the spine  in gold, shortcomings and defects.

Specialist Notes

ORIGINAL EDITION of this work by the Lyonnais doctor  art lover, Spon (1647-1685), composed of 31 dissertations on medals, bas-reliefs, statues and ancient inscriptions that he encountered during his travels to Rome, Venice, Dalmatia, the islands of the Archipelago, Constantinople, Patras, Delphi , Thebes.