Recherches curieuses d'antiquité, contenues en plusieurs dissertations sur des medailles, bas-reliefs, statues, mosaiques, & inscriptions antiques : enrichies d'un grand nombre de figures en taille douce
This is a 1683 Lyon collection of scholarly dissertations on classical antiquities, compiled by Jacob Spon, Mathieu Ogier and Thomas Amaulry for antiquarians and collectors of ancient coins, reliefs and inscriptions. Its pictures are crisp copperplate engravings of Roman coins showing emperors' profiles in laurel wreaths with inscribed legends around the rims, paired with reverse designs of small figures and monuments; a designer could borrow the medallion framing, the paired-disc layout and the lettering style.
