1683 1st Edition ,
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Complete copy including engraved frontispiece, separate plate, final index table, and terminal blanks. A substantial seventeenth-century antiquarian survey: medals, bas-reliefs, statues, mosaics, inscriptions, and other remains of the ancient world treated in a long sequence of learned dissertations, and enriched throughout with engraved material. One of the more attractive productions of early French antiquarian scholarship, poised between cabinet culture and the beginnings of archaeology.
By Monsieur Spon (Jacob Spon)
Author Bio: Jacob Spon (1647–1685) was the Lyonnais physician, scholar, traveller, and antiquary whose publications helped shape the early modern study of classical remains. Best known today for his travels in Italy, Greece, and the Levant, Spon brought together the habits of the collector, philologist, and observer of monuments, producing works that stand close to the emergence of archaeology as a more systematic discipline. His antiquarian books were widely consulted by later scholars, especially for inscriptions, medals, and the interpretation of ancient objects preserved in cabinets and collections.
Synopsis: This is the first edition of Spon’s important illustrated antiquarian work, a wide-ranging gathering of dissertations on ancient material culture. The book moves across medals, sculpture, mosaic pavements, inscriptions, funerary monuments, architectural ornaments, ritual objects, and related survivals of classical antiquity, combining close visual attention with learned comparison from texts and collections. As with the best seventeenth-century antiquarian books, it is both a record of objects and a demonstration of method: a cabinet of evidence arranged for the curious and the learned reader alike. The engraved title, separate plate, and typographic presentation give the volume considerable presence, while the original binding preserves much of its early character.
Binding: Hardcover, quarto (4to 9 1⁄2 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: pp. 1–538, final Table des principales matieres 19 pp., plus 2 terminal blanks. Pagination jump from pp. 40 to 49 is as issued.
Language: French/Latin
Published By: A Lyon, Chez Thomas Amaulry, ruë Merciere, au Mercure Galant., France
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Contemporary calf binding, unrestored, with strong shelf presence and desirable originality, but with clear age-related wear. Joints split, spine worn at head and foot, corners rubbed, boards marked and scuffed, and binding somewhat fragile; nevertheless the volume remains structurally intelligible and visually handsome. Internally complete, with engraved frontispiece, title, separate plate, full text, final table, and terminal blanks all present. One preliminary leaf with a tear; some expected age-toning, handling wear, and occasional minor marking. A genuine, unsophisticated 1683 first edition: complete, appealing, and valued more for originality and bibliographical integrity than condition perfection.
Binding:
Hardcover, quarto (approx. 9.75 x 7.4 in / 250 x 188 mm)
Collation:
Complete: engraved frontispiece, letterpress title, dedication and preliminaries, separate engraved plate, pp. 1–538, final Table des principales matieres 19 pp., plus 2 terminal blanks. Pagination jump from pp. 40 to 49 is as issued.
Language:
French, with Latin in parts of the preliminaries and inscriptions.
References:
Cicognara 3012
Brunet V, 499
Graesse VI, 472
OCLC 490214459..
SKU: BTETM0002447
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
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1683 1st Edition ,
RECHERCHES CURIEUSES D'ANTIQUITE
CONTENUES EN PLUSIEURS DISSERTATIONS
Complete copy including engraved frontispiece, separate plate, final index table, and terminal blanks. A substantial seventeenth-century antiquarian survey: medals, bas-reliefs, statues, mosaics, inscriptions, and other remains of the ancient world treated in a long sequence of learned dissertations, and enriched throughout with engraved material. One of the more attractive productions of early French antiquarian scholarship, poised between cabinet culture and the beginnings of archaeology.
By Monsieur Spon (Jacob Spon)
Author Bio: Jacob Spon (1647–1685) was the Lyonnais physician, scholar, traveller, and antiquary whose publications helped shape the early modern study of classical remains. Best known today for his travels in Italy, Greece, and the Levant, Spon brought together the habits of the collector, philologist, and observer of monuments, producing works that stand close to the emergence of archaeology as a more systematic discipline. His antiquarian books were widely consulted by later scholars, especially for inscriptions, medals, and the interpretation of ancient objects preserved in cabinets and collections.
Synopsis: This is the first edition of Spon’s important illustrated antiquarian work, a wide-ranging gathering of dissertations on ancient material culture. The book moves across medals, sculpture, mosaic pavements, inscriptions, funerary monuments, architectural ornaments, ritual objects, and related survivals of classical antiquity, combining close visual attention with learned comparison from texts and collections. As with the best seventeenth-century antiquarian books, it is both a record of objects and a demonstration of method: a cabinet of evidence arranged for the curious and the learned reader alike. The engraved title, separate plate, and typographic presentation give the volume considerable presence, while the original binding preserves much of its early character.
Binding: Hardcover, quarto (4to 9 1⁄2 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: pp. 1–538, final Table des principales matieres 19 pp., plus 2 terminal blanks. Pagination jump from pp. 40 to 49 is as issued.
Language: French/Latin
Published By: A Lyon, Chez Thomas Amaulry, ruë Merciere, au Mercure Galant., France
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Contemporary calf binding, unrestored, with strong shelf presence and desirable originality, but with clear age-related wear. Joints split, spine worn at head and foot, corners rubbed, boards marked and scuffed, and binding somewhat fragile; nevertheless the volume remains structurally intelligible and visually handsome. Internally complete, with engraved frontispiece, title, separate plate, full text, final table, and terminal blanks all present. One preliminary leaf with a tear; some expected age-toning, handling wear, and occasional minor marking. A genuine, unsophisticated 1683 first edition: complete, appealing, and valued more for originality and bibliographical integrity than condition perfection.
Binding:
Hardcover, quarto (approx. 9.75 x 7.4 in / 250 x 188 mm)
Collation:
Complete: engraved frontispiece, letterpress title, dedication and preliminaries, separate engraved plate, pp. 1–538, final Table des principales matieres 19 pp., plus 2 terminal blanks. Pagination jump from pp. 40 to 49 is as issued.
Language:
French, with Latin in parts of the preliminaries and inscriptions.
References:
Cicognara 3012
Brunet V, 499
Graesse VI, 472
OCLC 490214459..
SKU: BTETM0002447
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
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