Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grèce, et du Levant,

WHELER (George) & SPON (Jacob).

Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grèce, et du Levant,

"TOUT LE MONDE CONNAIT LA MERITE DE CET OUVRAGE" (Chateaubriand)

Fait és années 1675 & 1676.

Second edition. 2 vols. 32 engraved plates, (some foldout, including 2 maps), with further illustrations in the text. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, somewhat marked and with darkened spines. Worming (now defunct) has affected about 100 pages in the 1st volume, mainly marginal but on some pages moving into the text. [xx], engraved supplementary title page, 456; 488pp. Amsterdam, Henry & Theodore Boom, 1679.

£1,200.00

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. As Laborde says, “la publication du voyage de Spon fut un événement littéraire” (Navari).

Having met in Italy in 1675 Spon and Wheler travelled to Zakynthos and thence by sea to Constantinople. Spon’s work is particularly valued since he took note not only of the classical antiquities, but also paid considerable attention to the topography and manners of modern Greece.

cf. Blackmer, 1586 (2nd edition).

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