Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses on such Particulars of Natural History As were though most proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth

[Noel Antoine Pluch]; Mr. Humphreys [trans.]

Published by J. Pemberton, London, 1736

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Two scarce second edition volumes from Noel-Antoine Pluche's popular work of natural history, illustrated with many copper plates. Second edition. Vol II and Vol. III only of this six-volume work.Bound in contemporary full calf. Both boards detached from Vol II, but present. Bound with front blank and no rear endpapers to Vol II. Bound with front blank (detached) and rear blank to Vol III.Vol. II illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-four copper plates, most folding.Vol. III illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two copper plates, most folding.Collated, complete.Spectacle de la nature, published in nine volumes from 1732-1742, was a study of life and creation widely translated all over Europe and, although it influenced many to become naturalists, it was a work of popularisation, not of science.Translated from the original French of Noel-Antoine Pluche, a French priest. Bound in full calf. Both boards detached from Vol II, but present. Joints weak to Vol III. Crack running down the spine of Vol III. Notable rubbing and scuffing to the calf. Internally, front blank is detached but present to Vol III. 147-162 of Vol III detached but present. 163-174 at risk of detaching. Frontispiece at risk of detaching. Pages are generally bright and clean, with spots and toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to front endpaper of Vol II. Fair.

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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 though most proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth
• Publisher: J. Pemberton, London
• Publication Date: 1736
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Condition: Fair
• Book Type: book