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(Pluche, Noel Antoine). Histoire Du Ciel, Ou l'on recherche L'Origine De L'Idolatrie, Et Les Meprises De La Philos... (Total: 2 Items)
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(Pluche, Noel Antoine). Histoire Du Ciel, Ou l'on recherche L'Origine De L'Idolatrie, Et Les Meprises De La Philosophie, Sur la formation des corps celestes, & de toute la nature. Paris: Chez la Veuve Estienne, 1742. 12mo. 2 vols. xxxvii, (3), 518, (2), (4), 496, (2)p. Contemporary mottled calf rubbed, edges worn, spines decorated gilt, title labels, (Vol.II with paper label at head of spine). Vol. one: D2 - E1 light worming, outer margins, little affect. Few pages with lower outer corners chipped, no affect.25 copper engraved plates (inc. frontispiece), all in vol.1.
No'l-Antoine Pluche (13 November 1688, Rheims-19 November 1761), La Varenne-Saint-Maur, near Paris), known as the abbe Pluche, was a French priest. He is now known for his Spectacle de la nature, a most popular work of natural history.
Pluche, son of a baker, was born 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, where he died.
This, third edition, was published anonymously. This book discusses mythology (primarily, Egyptian and Greek) and its influence on celestial bodies as solar symbols and figures. From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $350
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