The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses.. Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche, ...
abbé Noël Antoine Pluche (1688-1761)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
Bath
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3209008
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; double gold fillet border; gold tooled spine; five raised bands.
Makers and roles
abbé Noël Antoine Pluche (1688-1761), author John Baptist De Freval