Le spectacle de la nature, ou Entretiens sur les particularités de l'histoire naturelle, qui ont paru les plus propres ê rendre les Jeunes-Gens curieux, & ê leur former l'esprit.
Paris: Knapen & Fils, 1782.
Price: $500.00
About the item
Engraved frontispiece to each volume and 57 engraved foldout plates. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary speckled tan calf, gilt spine, with labels in red and green, marbled endpapers. Fine.
Item #56686
Abbé Pluche's work -- intended for the instruction of the young -- first appeared in 1732 and was frequently reprinted thereafter.
