BEGER, Lorenz Lot n° 31

Spicilegium Antiquitatis sive Variorum ex Antiquitate Elegantiarum Fasciculi exhibente L. Begero In-folio (33 x 22 cm), [VIII]-167-[1] pp. Beautiful initials and tail-pieces, 5 full-page plates (outside collation), and engravings throughout (ancient mythology and numismatics). Some pale water stains and marginal annotations. Latin text with quotes in Greek, margins of the last leaf strengthened. Modern calf binding, gilt frames around the boards, spine gilt First edition of a collection of descriptions and illustrations of classical art and archaeology by Lorenz Beger (1653-1705), librarian of the King of Prussia and author of the important early archaeological "summa" Thesaurus Brandenburgicus (1696-1701) Colinae Brandenburgicae typis Ulrici Liebperti 1692