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. Containing what belongs to the heavens, and the relations of the several parts of the universe with the wants of man. Illustrated with copper plates. Vol IV. Translated from the original French.
abbé Noël Antoine Pluche (1688-1761)
Category
Books
Date
1747
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3141962
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],438,[14]p.,plates . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Shelved and uniform with v. 1-3, 5-7 in other eds.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century inscription on flyleaf: T,4 Compton Place. [Compton Place, Eastbourne, built 1726-27, property of the Dukes of Devonshire until 1954. Possibly owned by William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698-1755)]. Small paper label with manuscript pressmark J.5. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Norris's inscription on v. 1 of set: Compton Place, Eastbourne 18/5 '54 Lot 142 [?] Đ2.. Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf.
Makers and roles
abbé Noël Antoine Pluche (1688-1761) Samuel Humphreys (1698-1738)