Physico-theology: . or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his works of creation. Being the substance of XVI sermons preached in St. Mary le Bow-Church, London, at the Honble Mr. Boyle's lectures, in the years 1711 and 1712. With large notes, and many curious observations. By W. Derham, ...
William Derham, FRS (1657-1735)
Category
Books
Date
1714
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3051313
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],1,[3],16,179,178-261,[1],271-455,[11]p., [1] leaf of plates (fold.) . 8vo.. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: R/9 [pencil]; S.2.36 [black ink]. Pencil "E61" on flyleaf. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: Jeff: Gilbert [i.e. Sir Geoffrey Gilbert (1674-1726), Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, whose library was sold at auction in Gray's Inn in 1728]. Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled panelled sheep over boards, blind tooling on covers, gilt roll on board edges, red spine label, red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
William Derham, FRS (1657-1735)