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
1739
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 3035909
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2(viii,[4],312p., [35] leaves of plates (34 folded)) . ill.. . 12mo.. Shelved and uniform with vol. 1 of the 4th ed. (1739), vols. 3-4 of the 8th ed. (1757), vol. 5 of the 2nd ed. (1759), vol. 6 (1749), and vol. 7 of the 3rd ed. (1753).. Provenance: Bookplate: Thomas Noel Hill, 2nd Baron Berwick (1770-1832), after 1812; armorial spade shield with supporters. Franks 14729. manuscript shelfmark on bookplate: "I. 7[crossed-out]. 8 12.".. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; blind roll on board edges; gilt pentaglyph and metope rolls on spine, with red title label.
Makers and roles
abbé Noël Antoine Pluche (1688-1761) Samuel Humphreys (1698-1738)