Spectacle de la Nature : Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History as Were Thought Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth.

[Pluche, Noël Antoine]; [Samuel Humphreys (trans.)]

Published by Printed for J. Pemberton, N. Prevost, R. Franklin, C. Davis,, London, 1733

About this Item

first English edition xvi - 300 - (16) - (4) frontis and 21 plates of which 9 are folding, two parts bound in one. Ownership name to front blank the contents clean and tight. Original full tan calf binding, part loss to top upper corners of the spine a few chips to upper spine edge some cracking in part to spine edges the binding tight.The first English edition of what became a popular and reprinted work.The first part covers insects part two Birds - Terrestrial Animals, Fishes, Plants in a series of dialouges. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spectacle de la Nature : Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History as Were Thought Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth.
• Publisher: Printed for J. Pemberton, N. Prevost, R. Franklin, C. Davis,, London
• Publication Date: 1733
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good