spectacle nature displayd being discourses von humphreys samuel (13 Ergebnisse)

THIS VOL ONLY, sm octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to spine (rubbed off) with raised bands also, frontispiece, 400pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking to front & rear hinges/gutters- front board shaky, leather peeling from front board, other moderate rubbing & soiling/chafing to boards & spine, heavy tannin & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, moderate foxing & soiling throughout, illus opp. pg61 has heavy creasing & chipping to edges).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. first English edition xvi - 300 - (16) - (4) frontis and 21 plates of which 9 are folding, two parts bound in one. Ownership name to front blank the contents clean and tight. Original full tan calf binding, part loss to top upper corners of the spine a few chips to upper spine edge some cracking in part to spine edges the binding tight.The first English edition of what became a popular and reprinted work.The first part covers insects part two Birds - Terrestrial Animals, Fishes, Plants in a series of dialouges. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Hardcover. Full leather, but both boards detached (and present). Leather, raised cords, on the spine. xxiv + 323 pages + index and advertisement for more books printed by C. Davis. Text block complete and in good shape, still tightly bound to the cords. Corners clean, very little foxing and fading. There are 25 find copperplate engravings, including new world species like the beaver, alligator, porcupine, and opossum. Most of the plates are folding plates, measuring 6.5 x 8 inches. Text is in English, translated out of the original French of Abbe Noel Pluche. The name John Miller signed on the top of the title page. This volume has the remains of a numeral '2' on the spine, though I see no mention on the inside that this is part of a set. (Pluche's complete natural history works run to 3 volumes). Please email with questions or to request photos.

Illustrated with 21 bound-in copper plates (many folding), including frontispiece engraved by A. Motte. (illustrator). Octavo. xvi, 279; 300, [20]. Two parts bound in one. 5" x 8" Although Le Spectacle de la Nature was occasionally used as a natural science textbook in its time, Pluche's primary purpose in his eight volume work was to encourage young people to be excited and curious about the world around them. As the preface states, Pluche writes "with the View of making young Persons sensible what Treasures they possess unenjoyed, and to present to their Observation those things, that Distance, Minuteness, or Inattention may have concealed from them" (v). Written as a dialogue between four fictional characters, the book follows the young Chevalier du Breuil as he visits his friends in the country. During their walks, they discuss what they see, which in this volume includes insects, birds, terrestrial animals, fishes, and plants. The conversations are not too technical; as Pluche says, "we have endeavoured to exclude from [the work] whatever might seem disagreeable; and instead of a methodical Discourse, or a Chain of Dissertations, that frequently satiate and disgust, we have chosen the Style of Dialogue as most natural and proper to engage all sorts of Readers" (ix). A delightful mix of a natural history lesson with a lively chat with friends, this work welcomes you into wonder, crafting a lens of curiosity through which to see the world right outside your door. [Kennedy, Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature, 340]. Top stain rubbed, mild toning to first and final few pages, period inked inscription. Two plates fairly inconsequentially mis-bound. Plate for pt. 1, p. 235 bound at p. 135; plate for pt. 2, p. 170 bound in pt. 1. Inner and outer margins of illustrations inconsequentially shortened in the binding process, no loss to plates. Internally very clean and crisp, handsomely and tightly bound. An overall fine piece of eighteenth century natural history and philosophy. Simple modern rebind in full brown crushed morocco, gilt spine titles and decorations, all edges speckled red, top edge stain black, plain endpapers [Second Edition, First English Language Translation].

Zustand: Good. Small 8vo , 10 x 17cm. ( 6 vols.) and 8vo 12.5 x 19.5cm (vol. 2). Translated by Samuel Humphreys. Illustrated profusely with copper-engraved plates including frontispieces, many folding. 17x10 cm (6¾x4"), contemporary full calf, raised bands, morocco spine labels, spines tooled in gilt. Mixed editions.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:7065467.Vols V, VI, and VII are Fifth edition. Vols I, III and IV are a later further revised edition, all are uniformly bound. Heraldic bookplates of the John de Burgh, Earl of Clanricarde.; Vol. II is the second edition and slighly larger. .The Spectacle de la nature of the abbé Noël-Antoine Pluche (1688-1761) was a huge publishing success in 18th century France and Europe (with translations into five other languages), but has attracted the attention of historians only recently. Its form of natural theological argument, though widely read at the time, has been overshadowed in historical accounts by the better-studied arguments from design rationally understood. Pluche emphasized instead the limits of human reason and argued for the greatness of God from the wonderful and unfathomable harmony of nature.PROVENANCE: John Thomas de Burgh, the 13th Earl of Clanricarde, was a British Army officer and politician who was the governor of Kingston-upon-Hull. He was born in 1744 and died in 1808, and was also created the 1st Earl of Clanricarde (with a special remainder to his daughters) in 1800. Another notable person with this name is his son, Ulick John de Burgh, the 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, who lived from 1802 to 1874 and was a prominent politician and ambassador. .

Small Octavo. Volume I: (in Sixth Edition, 1744): Frontispiece, [3], XVIII, 323 pages plus 13 pages of an Index / Volume II: (in Sixth Edition, 1743): Frontispiece, VIII, [4], 312 pages including Index / Volume III: (in Sixth Edition, 1743): Frontispiece, XVIII, 366 pages including Index / Volume IV: (In Fourth Edition,1743) Frontispiece, 368 pages including Index / Volume V: (In Fourth Edition, 1763): Frontispiece, [2], 329 pages / Volume VI: (In Third Edition, 1763): Frontispiece, [3], XXXII, 308 pages / Volume VII: (In Fourth Edition, 1763): Frontispiece, [4], 323, [1] pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Extremely beautiful publication with an abundance of illustrations of Insects and Butterflies, Maps, etc. The 204 Plates overall in excellent condition with only very few of them with some tears. Interior and plates really bright and clean ! An exceptional version of this work. The Work by Pluche is created as a Dialogue between a Prior and Chevalier as well as a Count and sometimes a Countess. Volume I (Sixth Edition 1744): 26 Plates including Frontispiece (many of the plates are folding out) Volume One is an introductory Volume and includes Chapters with Dialogues on Insects and Birds and Terrestrial Animals and Fishes and Plants and holds some initial Plates which illustrate what kind of Illustrations the reader can expect in the detailed Chapters of coming Volumes. Illustrations in Volume One include 16 Plates on Insects, Two Plates on Birds, Two Plates on Terrestrial Animals, One Plate on Fishes, Three Plates on Plants and a manuscript entry on "Aloe of China" (Daniel Conner has signed this book at the rear) Volume II (Sixth Edition 1743): 35 Plates including Frontispiece (many of the Plates are folding out) Volume Two starts with a fantastic Frontispiece, showing "The Vine planted in Gaul" and a full explanation of the Frontispiece follows on page VII. The Introduction to Volume Two could not better explain the aim of the publication: "The Plan of the Second Part - As we were desirous to exercise the Minds of young Persons with amusing subjects and to engage their attention to the Wonders of Providence [Pluche refers here to Divine Intervention] by the Mediation of pleasing Ideas; we endeavoured in the first Volume of this Work to present their View the Generality of these Animals, with which that Providence has replenished the various parts of Nature for the benefit of Mankind.All our Readers are naturally desirous of Affluence and Distinction, Power and Happiness. This work will unfold to their View a Profusion of Riches and Liberalities, which cover the Surface of the Earth." Volume II includes the following chapters: The Parterre, or Flower-Plot / The Pleasures and Advantages of Gardening in General and of the Olitory or Kitchen-garden in particular / The Disposition of an Olitory or Kitchen - Gardenn / The Cultivation and Manner of Pruning Fruit - Trees / The Plantation of Orange - Trees / The Plantation of Fig - Trees / The Plantation of Olive - Trees / Fruits / Esculent Plants and Roots / Of Legumes etc. / Corn and Other Grain / Vines / Wine / Woods / Volume III (The Sixth Edition 1743): 32 Plates including Frontispiece (many of the Plates are folding out) with one particular interesting Plate showing "The Orbit of the Earth in its Annual Revolution": Volume III is basically "The Sequel of the Second Part; giving an Account of the Surface of the Earth" and includes the following Chapters: Pasture and Meadow-Grounds / A Dialogue on Rivers / Of Fountains / The Ascent of Vapours from the Sea / Dialogue of Mountains / Dialogue of the Sea / Dialogue of the Air / Dialogue on Fossils / Dialogue on Quarries and Mines / Useful Reflections on the Whole in a Letter from the Prior to the Chevalier / Volume IV (The Fourth Edition 1743): 27 Plates including Frontispiece (many of the Plates are folding out) / This particular Volume has many handcoloured maps included and several star - maps and a worldmap (slightly torn). This Volume also includes a Sequel, Containing The History of Experimental Physics. Volume IV is a spectacular presentation of Maps on the Zodiac, Astrology in general and Commerce etc. Volume IV includes the following Chapters: A Plan of the Study if the Heavens / Dialogue of the Moon / Dialogue of the Azure of the Heaven / Dialogue of the Light / The Ways of the Light and the Wonders of Vision / Dialogue of the Colours / Dialogue of the Shade / Dialogue of the Uses of Fire / The History of Experimental Physics / The Invention of the Zodiac / The Discovery of the Polar Star / The Discovery of the Roundness of the Earth / The Invention of the Globes / The Mariner's Compass - The Discovery of the East Indies and West Indies (With an Illustration of a Sea - Compass)/ The Telescope / The Microscopes and the Other Inventions of the Moderns / The History of Systematic Physics / Volume V: (The Fourth Edition 1763): 21 Plates including Frontispiece (many of the Plates are folding out) This Volume includes for example Dialogues on The Destination of Man on Earth / Man considered as Governor / The Excellence of the Human Body / The Dominion of Man proved from his Imagination / Man considered as Governor proved from the Extent of his Will, the Freedom of his Choice and the Direction of his Conscience / Dialogue on Usual Sciences - The Usual Logick [Logic]/ Of Mechanics / Of Opticks [Optic] / At the End of Volume Five is a special section on "Mills [Wind Mills / Windmills] to Grind Corn with sensational Illustrations showinga Mill from the Outside and its interior Function - A Water Mill / A Wind Mill delineated by Leander / A Plan & Section of a Mill on Boats / A Plate showing Elevation and Sections of a Mill on Boats, basically illuistrating the Invention of a Pa.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 12mo (small). Vol. I Fifth edition, corrected. Vol. II & III Fifth edition. Vol. IV Third edition. Translated from the original French. Contemporary leather boards with gilt triple filet, recently professionally rebacked with new leather spines in contemporary style, labels, raised bands, and gilt compartments. xviii, 323, 13 pp. index]; viii, [4], 312; xviii, 366; [4], 368 pp. Frontispiece, numerous copperplate engravings in each volume, mostly folding. Vol. I: 24/25 plates (Plate 16 apparently lacking). Vol. II: 35 plates incl. frontis. Vol. III: 32 plates + frontis. Vol. IV: 28 plates + frontis. Some light wear to boards. Light foxing and sporadic rust and ink staining to interior commensurate with age. A handsomely restored set.

Zustand: Befriedigend. Leder Ganzlederband d.Zt. auf 5 Bünden, stark berieben und bestoßen, der Rücken ist deutlich spröde, kleines Archivschildchen unten; beide Außengelenke sind leicht aufgebrochen. Der Schnitt ist stark gedunkelt. Das vordere Innengelenk ist leicht angebrochen, aber stabil; das Frontispiz-Blatt ist etwas gelockert. Die Seiten sind alterstypisch gedunkelt, teilw. auch stärker, gelegentlich auch mit kleinen Flecken oder Verschmutzungen. Die Tafeln sind teilw. leicht verfaltet, insgesamt und überwiegend aber ordentlich. Innendeckel mit Bibliothekseinkleber (Agricultural and General Library Scarborough), fliegender Vorsatz mit 5 zeitgenöss. Namenseintragen ab 1792 von Ausleihern. Mit 34 gefalteten Tafeln und einem Frontispiz. Die 16 Kapitel sind als fiktive Dialoge zwischen einem Chevalier, einer Countess und einem Prior gestaltet. Inhalt: An explanation of the frontispiece - The plan of the second part. I. Flowers. II. The parterre, or, flower-plot. III. The culture of flowers. IV. The appendages to a parterre. V. The pleasures and advantages of gardening in general; and of the olitory or kitchen-garden in particular. VI. The disposition of an olitory, or kitchen-garden. VII. The appendages to an olitory. VIII. The cultivation and manner of pruning fruit-trees. IX. Fruits. X. Esculent plants and roots. XI. Husbandry. XII. Corn, and other grain. XIII. Vines. XIV. Wine. XV. Woods. XVI. Woods. Sprache / Language: en VII + 312 Seiten. 355.

Full Calf. Zustand: Good. (6), xviii, 323, (13) pp., Full contemporary calf binding with gilt lettered title label. Boards mottled with patches of loss including the title label and joints cracked. Binding firm. Internally clean marks to the fore edge. Volume 1, Illustrated throughout with 25 copper plates including some folding. Although this appears complete a 2nd volume was published. 12mo. bound in 6's.

Leather Bound. Zustand: New. Language: eng,fre. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1740. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - eng,fre, Vol:- Volume 7, Pages:- 394, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. Volume 7 394.

Leather Bound. Zustand: New. Language: eng,fre. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1740. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - eng,fre, Vol:- Volume 6, Pages:- 398, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. Volume 6 398.

Leather Bound. Zustand: New. Language: eng,fre. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1740. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - eng,fre, Pages: - 411, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 411.

Leather Bound. Zustand: New. Language: eng,fre. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1740. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - eng,fre, Vol:- Volume 4, Pages:- 423, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. Volume 4 423.