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. 3 volumes

Pluche (Abbé Nöel-Antoine). {translated by Mr Humphreys,{ & D. Humphrey}

Published by Various publishers, London

About this Item

Three volumes, 12mo, full calf but different bindings, rubbed, joints cracking and one of them rayther weak. Volume II, (1739), by D. Bellamy, with the title "Nature Delineated", engraved frontispiece, 20 engraved folding plates, one with a tear, pp (14), 362, vi, slight worming to the last few pages. [Devoted to garden design, the parterre and flowers, kitchen garden, fruit and pruning, herbs, agriculture, vines, woods.]. Volume III, (1739), engraved frontispiece, 27 engraved plates (two with tears), pp xviii, 366, (arable agriculture, rivers and fish, mountains, the sea and its wildlife, shipbuilding, the air, fossils and mining). Plus an un-numbered volume, Fifth edition, (1740), engraved frontispiece, 22 engraved plates (mostly folding), pp xviii, 323, (13), insects, birds, animals, fishes, botany.

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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. 3 volumes
• Publisher: Various publishers, London
• Binding: Full-Leather
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Garden History
  • Gardening
  • Agriculture
  • Early works