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Spon, Jacob.
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description
- Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece, et du Levant, fait aux années 1675 & 1676 par Jacob Spon... & George Wheler. Lyon: Antoine Cellier, 1678
first edition, volumes 1-2 (of 3, see footnote), 12mo (158 x 86mm.), 27 engraved plates and maps (13 + 14), 16 folding, a few illustrations in text, contemporary calf, spines gilt, some dampstaining and slight soiling, title to vol.2 softened and slightly torn, bindings somewhat worn and repaired
Literature
Blackmer 1586 (second edition, 1679); Weber II, 405; Atabey 1170 (second edition)
Catalogue Note
"This is one of the most important accounts of travels in the Levant, and the first description of Athens which was systematic, detailed and trustworthy" (Blackmer). The first edition of this work appears to be rare.
Spon travelled with George Wheler (see lot 220). Although this copy is lacking the third volume, it nonetheless comprises a description of the whole voyage - volume 2 is devoted to Greece, and ends with the return to France, followed by a glossary of Modern Greek words - according to Weber volume 3 consists mainly of inscriptions.