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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. |
Author | Noel Antoine, (Mr. Humphreys, trans.) Pluce |
Edition | 10-Th. Edition |
Published | Davis & Reymers, Rivington, Buckland, Baldwin, Hawes Clarke and Collins [etc.] London 1766 |
Illustrator | A.Motte [et al] |
Description | 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. |
Book condition | Good |
Jacket condition | No Jacket |
Binding | Full Calf |
Book size | Small-8 Vo. |
Price | 965 |
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