2187 - Spon, J. and G. Wheler.

Spon, J. and G. Wheler. Italian, Dalmatian, Greek, and Oriental Travel Descriptions. Containing all manner of remarkable antiquities previously unknown in Europe. Now translated from French into German by J. Menudier. 2 parts in 1 vol. Nbg., A. Knorz for J. Hofman 1681. 4°. With copperplate title page, 7 (1 folded) copperplate plates, as well as several text engravings and woodcuts. 4 leaves, 122 pp.; 1 fol., 120 pp., 3 fol. contemporary binding with handwritten title (some rubbing, partly stained, spine somewhat browned). VD17 3:300268Z. First German edition. — “A journey to Southern and Southeastern Europe and the Levant, undertaken jointly by the French physician Spon and the English scholar Wheeler... with a focus on antiquities. On this journey, Spon and Wheeler collected approximately 3,000 ancient Latin and Greek inscriptions, which Spon faithfully transcribed and annotated philologically, appending them to his travelogue" (Griep-L.). - Browned and stained in places; occasional slight water stains along the edges. As is.