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. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French.

All titles

• 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. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French.
• Spectacle de la nature. English

People / Organizations

• Richard Franklin ("printed for")

Imprint

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]

Publication year

1733-1733

ESTC No.

T131954

Grub Street ID

180923

Description

xvi,279,[1];300,[20]p.,plates ; 8⁰

Note

A translation by Samuel Humphreys of vol. 1 of No'l 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).

Uncontrolled note

Advts. = U7-8; explanation etc. = X-V