Antoine Pluche - Le spectacle de la nature - 1752

Antoine Pluche - The Show of Nature or Discussions on the Particularities of Natural History - Paris, Frères Estiennes, 1752 - Part 1 - new edition - (XXIV) 561 (2) pp - full leather binding - 17 x 10 cm

Good. Scratches and impact spots, left hinge loose - play in the boards, discoloration at the bottom of the front board. Interior browned, here and there a spot. Some wormholes.

Contains a frontispiece and 25 (full-page and large-format) engravings (insects, butterflies, birds, elephant, fishes, crustaceans, plants - all depicted and present according to the bookbinder's list).

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