Recherches curieuses d'antiquite . contenues en plusieurs dissertations, sur des medailles, bas-reliefs, statuës, mosaïques, & inscriptions antiques; enrichie d'un grand nombre de figures en taille douce.
Jacob Spon (1647-1685)
Category
Books
Date
1683
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3017466
Summary
Bibliographic description
[22],538,[22] . ill.. (engravings) . 4to. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: R.5.10 [brown ink] Endpaper has eighteenth-century MS Frontispiece: Gentilis après Dur manibus.. Provenance: Inscribed on titlepage: "Jos: Morris" and, under this: "Mr. Spon a ecrit un trait intituled 1. Ignotorum deorum Arae 2. Monument eruditae antiquitatis [.] 6. et même un trait des fievres. Armorial bookplate: The Honble. Charles Yorke [i.e. Charles Yorke (1722-1770, younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; Lord Chancellor, 1770].. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge panel style binding; gold-tooled spine; red spine label, gold-lettered: Recherches d'Antiquite.
Makers and roles
Jacob Spon (1647-1685)