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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. Volume II.
by Pluche (Abbé Nöel-Antoine). [translated by Mr Humphreys]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: R. Francklin, C. Davis, S. Birt, T. Longman, C. Hitch, J. Hodges, J. & J. Rivington, J. Ward & W. Johnston, 1750. Seventh edition, revised and corrected. With an engraved frontispiece, 29 folding engraved plates some of which are loose but otherwise in very good condition, 12mo, pp viii, 312, untrimmed, some pages loose, boards worn, a very rough sheep (?) spine loosely attached. A curious copy, the boards are quite possibly contemporary; the pages are very wide-margined; it seems to have been destined for a proper binding, but this was never achieved. It remains a quite usable copy, charmingly unsophisticated. [The plates feature florists' flowers, including one showing a bulb vase, garden pland, wine and apple presses etc.]. Seventh edition. Boards. Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020848
- Title
- 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. Volume II.
- Author
- Pluche (Abbé Nöel-Antoine). [translated by Mr Humphreys]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Seventh edition
- Publisher
- R. Francklin, C. Davis, S. Birt, T. Longman, C. Hitch, J. Hodges, J. & J. Rivington, J. Ward & W. Johnston
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1750
- Bookseller catalogs
- Agriculture; Garden History; Early works;
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Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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- 12mo
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