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. Illustrated with copper plates. Vol. II. Translated from the original French, by Mr. Humphreys.
abbé Noël Antoine Pluche (1688-1761)
Category
Books
Date
1737
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3002155
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2 (ix,[3],387,[1]p.),[35] plates . 8vo.. Shelved with and uniform with vol. 1, 3rd ed. (17436), v.3, 2nd ed. (1737) and v.4 (1739). Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmarks on pastedowns: XI (large, ink); l/8. Binding: Eighteenth-century calf, double gilt fillet border. Spine-label: 'Nature display'd'.
Makers and roles
abbé Noël Antoine Pluche (1688-1761) Samuel Humphreys (1698-1738)