Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature delineated; being philosophical conversations. [electronic resource] : Wherein the wonderful works of providence, in the animal, vegetable and mineral creation are laid open; the solar and planetary system, and whatever is curious in mathematicks, explain'd. The whole being a complete course of natural and experimental philosophy, calculated for the instruction of youth, in order to prepare them for an early knowledge of natural history, and create in their minds an exalted idea of the wisdom of the great creator. Translated from the original French, by John Kelly, of the Inner Temple, Esq; D. Bellamy, of St. John's College, Oxford; and J. Sparrow, surgeon and mathematician. The whole embellish'd with a great variety of copper plates, beautifully engraved by the best hands.
1760
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Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature delineated; being philosophical conversations. [electronic resource] : Wherein the wonderful works of providence, in the animal, vegetable and mineral creation are laid open; the solar and planetary system, and whatever is curious in mathematicks, explain'd. The whole being a complete course of natural and experimental philosophy, calculated for the instruction of youth, in order to prepare them for an early knowledge of natural history, and create in their minds an exalted idea of the wisdom of the great creator. Translated from the original French, by John Kelly, of the Inner Temple, Esq; D. Bellamy, of St. John's College, Oxford; and J. Sparrow, surgeon and mathematician. The whole embellish'd with a great variety of copper plates, beautifully engraved by the best hands.
Uniform Title
Spectacle de la nature. English
Edition
The fifth edition, with large additions. Carefully revised and corrected: with a particular table of contents, and a general copious index to each volume.
Publication Details
London : Printed for Stanley Crowder, at the Looking-Glass facing St. Magnus-Church, London-Bridge, 1760.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
4v.,plates ; 12⁰.
Note
The author is named in the editor's preface as Abbé Le Pluche, i.e. Noël Antoine Pluche.
At foot of title: Vol. I.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
At foot of title: Vol. I.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T119868.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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