Abbot Noël Antoine Pluche

ABBE NOËL ANTOINE PLUCHE ( Reims, France, 1688-1761).
"Spectacle of nature or conversations about the peculiarities of natural history". 14 volumes.
Printer: Pedro Marín. Madrid, 1771.
Translator: Terreros.
In good condition with 18th century Spanish paper covers.
Measurements: 20 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm (x14).
This work was printed in the printing house of Pedro Marin: acosta de la Real Compañía de Impresores y Libreros del Reyno, 1771. Noël-Antoine Pluche, known as Abbé Pluche, was a French priest. He is now known for his Spectacle de la nature, a work of natural history of great popularity. He was a professor of rhetoric. The bishop of Laon appointed him director of the city's college, a position he accepted to avoid the judicial consequences of his opposition to the papal bull Unigenitus. In 1749 he retired to La Varenne-Saint-Maur, near Paris, where he died.His 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 à leur former l'esprit was published in nine volumes between 1732 and 1742, and was widely translated throughout Europe. Although it influenced many naturalists, it was a work of popularization, not science.