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 From the Minds of Youth

Pluche, Noel Antoine (trans by Mr Humphreys)

Published by J & J Pemberton and Others, United Kingdom, 1736

About this Item

hardback, third edition, octavo, mottled calf binding. Complete in itself and covering the subject of Insects and Birds, six further volumes were published at intervals. Small loss at head of the spine, upper hinge starting but stitching remains tight, bookplates of 18th century barristers, Humphrey Ambler and his son Charles, later smaller bookplate of Raymond Greene, the body of text clean and unmarked. Frontis, b&w copper plates, many of which are folding and all of which are clean and bright, Index at rear, xiii, v + 196 208 [ xiv].

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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 From the Minds of Youth
• Publisher: J & J Pemberton and Others, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1736
• Language: English
• Binding: hardback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket