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lx, 511 pp., [4], frontispiece portrait, numerous folding maps, half-title, contemporary full calf, rubbed round edges, title gilt on raised decorated spine, all edges red, marbled endpapers, previous owner?s inscription on title page, small smudge affecting 93-96 without loss to text, otherwise copy in very condition. Noël-Antoine Pluche, known as the abbé Pluche, was a French priest. He is known for his Spectacle de la nature, a most popular work of natural history. Pluche, son of a baker, was born in Rheims, in a street now named after him. He became a teacher of rhetoric. The Bishop of Laon made him head of the town's college, a post he accepted to escape judicial consequences of opposing the papal bull Unigenitus (1713). He withdrew in 1749 to La Varenne-Saint-Maur, near Paris, where he died. His Spectacle de la nature . was published in 1732, and widely translated all over Europe. Although it influenced many to become naturalists, it was a work of popularization, not of science. Bibliographic references: IT\ICCU\LO1E\039193 (2 soli esemplari presso la Biblioteca Civica Ricottiana - Voghera - PV e presso la Biblioteca del Seminario vescovile - Casale Monferrato - AL). OCLC, 3997734. #34609. Seller Inventory # 014646
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