NEWTON (I.)Livre Rare Book
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. Illustrated with Copper Plates. Translated from the Original French By Mr Humphreys. The Seventh Edition Revised and Corrected Vol.1-4 Second Edition Vol.5-7.
1749J74926London: R. Francklin C. Davis and 4-5 others 7th edition Vol.1-4 2nd edition Vol.5-7. 1750 1749. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates 189 of 198 required in this edition Vol.3 lacks 9 folding plates - each volume has a frontis by A. Motte or R. Parr mostly folding plates by various artists. Seven Volumes 12mo 175x110mm brown roan on 5 raised bands 3 front boards re-attached spines starting to split on 2 other vols leather scuffed. Frontis xxiv 323pp 12pp index 4pp C. Davis publisher's list; Vol.2 Frontis viii 312pp with index 4pp Davis booklist; Vol.3 Frontis xviii 366pp with index; Vol.4 Frontis Title dedication to Sir Hans Sloan 356pp 10pp index; Vol.5 Frontis Title contents 329pp; Vol.6 Frontis Title contents xxxii explanation of plates 308pp 4pp book list; Vol.7 Frontis Title contents 323pp. Coolated complte except for 9 folding plates lacking from Vol.3. Bindings delicate Vol.2 with lower margin wormholes for about 90 pages but hardly affecting any printed areas. Contents generally crisp and clean with no loose pages no annotations or ownership no marks of damp. A few wrong folds to plates but all tight clean and no tears. A profusely illustrated set of 7 volumes of this comprehensive work covering a wide variety of educational subjects. Fifth edition of the English version translated from French by Samuel Humphreys 1698-1738. Starting with natural history they deal with various sciences and include much on trades in final two volumes ESTC N24037. R. Francklin, C. Davis, and 4-5 others 7th edition (Vol.1-4), 2nd edition (Vol.5-7). hardcover
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