[PLUCHE (N.)]. LE SPECTACLE DE LA NATURE ou entretiens sur l - Lot 190

[PLUCHE (N.)]. LE SPECTACLE DE LA NATURE ou entretiens sur les particularités de l'histoire naturelle, qui ont paru les plus propres à rendre les jeunes gens curieux et leur former l'esprit. Paris, veuve Estienne et fils, 1749-1756. 8 volumes in 9 volumes in-12, grained basane, spine ribbed and decorated, red pages (period binding). Famous, lavishly illustrated popular work containing 9 FRONTISPICES and 203 PLANCHES, most of them folded, showing a very varied panorama of the sciences (botany, physics, music, clockmaking, various trades, paleography, etc.), all engraved on copper. Another copy of volume VI from 1747 is included. Handwritten bookplate. Scattered foxing and rings, defects to bindings. Set of 10 volumes.