Le spectacle de la nature, ou entretiens sur les particularités de l’histoire naturelle

by Noel-Antoine Pluche

$2,250 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

Paris: Knapen and Estienne, 1764-1789. Eight volumes in nine. 12mo. xxii, 560; xxiv, 468; vi , 574, 2 ; 622, 1 ; vi , 596, 3 ; vi , 601, 2 ; vi , 555, 5 ; vi , 436, 2 ; vi , 388, 3 . LATER EDITION. Engraved frontispieces at the beginning of each volume, 164 folding engraved plates, 37 full-page engraved plates, mostly engraved by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas 1707-1783 . Early 19th-century calf-backed boards, corners

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