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 ... / Translated by Mr. Humphreys.

  • Pluche, Noël Antoine, 1688-1761
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1736-40
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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 ... / Translated by Mr. Humphreys. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : J. & J. Pemberton, etc., 1736-40.

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4 volumes : frontispiece, plates (most folded), fldg. maps ; (8vo)

Edition

3 ed.

References note

ESTC N24208
Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 2772

Notes

Vol. IV (1739) is 1st ed. and is translated by J.B. De Freval. Vols. I (1736) and II-III (1740) are all 3 ed
Vols. I and IV have imprint of J. & J. Pemberton, R. Francklin & C. Davis, vols. II-III have R. Francklin, C. Davis & J. Pemberton
Vol. I is a different ed. from that of earlier set: imprint reads 'J. and J. Pemberton, in Fleet-/street; R. Francklin, in Covent-Garden;/and C. Davis ...' and there are differences of typesetting, ornaments, etc. throughout.
Copy 1 Note: All vols. have ex-libris inscriptions of John Husband, 29 July 1736.

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