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
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3141963
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],438,[14]p.,plates . 8vo.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century Curzon armorial bookplate, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' [2nd state- dark coronet, fine text].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full leather binding; five raised bands; spine gilt decorated and spine label gilt lettered: "Nature Display'd 4".
Makers and roles
abbé Noël Antoine Pluche (1688-1761) Samuel Humphreys (1698-1738)