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Spon, Jacob
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Histoire de la Ville, Et de l'Estat de Genève. Utrecht: Frans Halma, 1685
12mo (6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.; 155 x 88 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, additional engraved title, 6 plates of which 3 are folding among which the view of the Geneva region with placenames highlighted in yellow, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials; one small fold-tear. Contemporary vellum, ms. title on spine with foldover edges, speckled edges; light soiling and few small stains.
Spon (1647-1685) was a doctor and pioneering archaeologist of Greek antiquities. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, he fled France for Switzerland, dying not long after in Geneva. His history of Geneva, first published in 1680, was translated into English in 1687.
Bound with:
Chardin, John. Journal du Voiage ... en Perse & aux Indes Orientales. Amsterdam: Jan Wolters & Ysbrand Haring, 1686
Engraved portrait, additional engraved title, 16 engraved plates of which 3 are folding.
Second edition "suivant la copie imprimée a Londre." Chardin was the son of a jeweller and first went to the Levant in 1665 to purchase gemes. He made a second journey in 1671 in the company of the artist Guillaume Grelot whom he met in Istanbul, and whose drawings inspired the engravings in the present work. This edition comprises the first volume of the author's manuscript dealing with the period 1671-1673, and is all that was published until 1711.
See Atabey 218 (on the London edition of the same year).
12mo (6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.; 155 x 88 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, additional engraved title, 6 plates of which 3 are folding among which the view of the Geneva region with placenames highlighted in yellow, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials; one small fold-tear. Contemporary vellum, ms. title on spine with foldover edges, speckled edges; light soiling and few small stains.
Spon (1647-1685) was a doctor and pioneering archaeologist of Greek antiquities. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, he fled France for Switzerland, dying not long after in Geneva. His history of Geneva, first published in 1680, was translated into English in 1687.
Bound with:
Chardin, John. Journal du Voiage ... en Perse & aux Indes Orientales. Amsterdam: Jan Wolters & Ysbrand Haring, 1686
Engraved portrait, additional engraved title, 16 engraved plates of which 3 are folding.
Second edition "suivant la copie imprimée a Londre." Chardin was the son of a jeweller and first went to the Levant in 1665 to purchase gemes. He made a second journey in 1671 in the company of the artist Guillaume Grelot whom he met in Istanbul, and whose drawings inspired the engravings in the present work. This edition comprises the first volume of the author's manuscript dealing with the period 1671-1673, and is all that was published until 1711.
See Atabey 218 (on the London edition of the same year).
Provenance
Henri Burton (bookplate)
Condition
one tiny fold-tear in Spon.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.