Spon J., "Recherches curieuses dantiquité, contenues en plusieurs dissertations, sur des médailles, Bas-reliefs, Statues, Mosaïques et inscriptions antiques”, Lyon, Thomas Amaulry, 1683. 4to, pp.[20],538,[21]. Complete with engraved title page and richly illustrated with 74 engravings in text. Jacob Spon, French doctor and archaeologist, was a pioneer in the exploration of the monuments of Greece. Along with the English connoisseur and botanist Sir George Wheler he travelled to Italy, Greece, Constantinople and the Levant in 1675–1676. Spon is considered among the first knowledgeable Western European antiquaries to see the antiquities of Greece at first hand. The current work of 31 collected dissertations & essays. Full leather, spine with raised bands and decor. in gilt. Wear along edges and joints. Light marginal waterstain, few marginal paper restorations & marginal notes. Blackmer 1588.