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 ... / Translated by Mr. Humphreys.

  • Pluche, Noël Antoine, 1688-1761
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1736
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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 ... / Translated by Mr. Humphreys. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : J. & J. Pemberton, etc., 1736.

Physical description

3 volumes : frontispiece, plates (most folded) ; (8vo)

Edition

3 ed.

References note

ESTC N38291

Notes

Only vol. I is 3 ed., vols. II-III are 1st ed
Vol. II has imprint of J. Pemberton, etc
Vols. I and II both have Humphreys's name as translator but no translator is named for vol. III; J.B. De Freval (translator of vol. IV, 1739) is a possibility
Imprint of. vol. I in this set reads 'J. and J. Pemberton, in Fleetstreet;/R. Francklin, in Covent-Garden; and/C. Davis ...'

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    EPB/B/41621.v1
  • Vol. 2

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    EPB/B/41621.v2
  • Vol. 3

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    EPB/B/41621.v3

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