Author: NOEL ANTOINE, (MR. HUMPHREYS, TRANS.) PLUCE
Title: Spectacle De La Nature: Or Nature Display'd Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History as Were Thought Most Proper to Excite Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth.
Description: London, Davis & Reymers, Rivington, Buckland, Baldwin, Hawes Clarke and Collins [etc.]. 1766, 10-Th. Edition. Full Calf, Small-8 Vo. Ill.: A.Motte [et al]. Book, 6 Vols. 323, 366, 312, 356, 329 and 308 pp. + extensive index. A fine and richly illustrated encyclopeadic work. With many folding plates of animals, all kinds of crafts, technical- and architectural matters, astronomy, botany, wine making, fishing, sailing, shells ,etc. etc. maps, both, terrestrial and celestial. A fine work in contemporary full calf. Spines richly gilt, with red Morocco title pieces and volume numbers in green Morocco. Apart for some loose, and loosening hinges a fine and complete set. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: A. Motte [Et Al]Natural History. Encyclopeadia


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