Lettres écrites sur une dissertation d'un Voyage en Grèce,

£2,750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Rare. A rebuttal to Spon's attack on his Athènes ancienne et nouvelle, 1675, which Spon believed to be spurious. The spat produced a small series of publications, accusing and rebutting in turn. First and only edition; 12mo; title with small woodcut ornament, engraved map after Spon, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, à6 blank, later pencil underlining, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf rebacked, later endpapers, a very good copy. Blackmer 768.

• Binding: Hardcover

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