Recherches Cmim&s.ip'c. 
Curious l{ef ear ches of Antiquity, c Btitained in divers Vijfer^ 
tations concerning Medalls, Bafe Beleifs^ Statues^ Mo- 
faic'TvorJ^y and Infcriptions of the Ancients : Enriched 
with a^reat number of Brafs Cuts, By Monfr. Spott 
I)r.ofPhyfick^a,tlj^Oi\%, i6%}. ^>2 quarto. 
THe excelleat Phyfitian and curious Traveller Dr. 
Spon, having in his preface to thefe Refearches re- 
commended the prefent Age, Uovsx the good per- 
formances of the Divines and Lav/yers in their refpedive 
faculties , and from the happy inventions in his own Pro- 
feffion, as the Circulation pf the blood, the Veufz Laclece^ 
^luinquina, and feveral others, and alio from Philofophi- 
cal difcoveries, fuch as the weight of the Air^ and 
force of burning Metallins devices for Divers, (3c. 
defcehds to the juft praife of our late Antiquaries, Se* 
guien^Spanheim.Fatin andFaillant, o.nd then affures us that 
what he gives us in his differtations, is altogether new, and 
the happy advantages of his Travels. 
' The Frontifpeice of the book is contrived to repre- 
ient divers forms of Antiquity, as the Triumphal Stru- 
<3:ure at St. l^my in Provence of the Corinthian order a Fe- 
male figure of exquilite Dr^^^^ry in the fame place ; Cornelia 
Vallectlla: a large Urn of white Marble wreathed with 
Ivy and Vines, a^Bird picking off the Grapes. The No- 
ble Pyramid at Vienna in Dauphine, which our Author 
would have erected as a Cenotaph in honor of OUavius 
Au^uftus. Next the Amphitheater of Tttus at 
which is alfo expreft in a coyn of Alex. Severus in the 
pofTeflion of Segnior Genette, 7. The Temple of Juno 
Martialis from the Medal of Volujianus. 8. Minerva's 
Temple 2it Athens , of which Dr. Spon and his noble com- 
panion Sir George Wheeler, treat largely in their Greek 
Voyages. 9. A Roman Statue ariV4^r/^?7^j-. 10. The (9- 
/^^//yirlately found at ^r/^j-, which is fully defcribed toge- 
ther m\\\ Venus , of the lame city by Mr. Terrein. And 
be- 
