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Venice, at Francesco di Niccolò Pezzana, 1786. In 8vo; light brown half-leather binding with corners, smooth spine, decorated with boxes and titled in gilt letters on the spine, marbled paper boards, white endpapers, edges sprayed with red spots; 14 volumes in 7 volumes; light signs of use on the bindings, a few small wormholes, unimportant text, rare browning and the normal patina of age. Overall, a complete work, very well illustrated; overall, in very good condition.
Venice, at Francesco di Niccolò Pezzana, 1786. In 8vo; light brown half-leather binding with corners, smooth spine, decorated with boxes and titled in gilt letters on the spine, marbled paper boards, white endpapers, edges sprayed with red spots; 14 volumes in 7 volumes; light signs of use on the bindings, a few small wormholes, unimportant text, rare browning and the normal patina of age. Overall, a complete work, very well illustrated; overall, in very good condition.
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Each volume, except the last, opens with a copperplate frontispiece and contains countless plates, often folded, depicting images of natural science, technical instruments, naval art, etc. Fifth edition of this important, richly illustrated, "ante litteram" encyclopedia, an Italian translation of a famous French work by Pluche. Noël Antoine Pluche (1688-1761), better known as Abbé Pluche, was a French priest and teacher of rhetoric, famous above all for his natural history work "Spectacle de la nature," but also for his geography works, including the one intended for young readers, "Concorde de la geographie."
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