Spectacle de la nature [electronic resource] : 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. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French.

Spectacle de la nature [electronic resource] : 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. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French.

Spectacle de la nature. English

[The second edition].

London : printed for J. Pemberton in Fleet-Street, N. Prevost in the Strand, R. Franklin in Covent-Garden, and C. Davis in Pater-Noster Row, MDCCXXXIII. [1733]

Great Britain -- England -- London.

English

xvi,279,[1];300,[20]p.,plates ; 8⁰.

A translation by Samuel Humphreys of vol. 1 of Noël Antoine Pluche's 'Le spectacle de la nature'.
Titlepage in red and black.
With two advertisement leaves, explanation of the plates and index.
"The alterations made in this second edition are of two kinds" (p.xv).
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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English Short Title Catalog, T131954.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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