The history of oracles. . In two dissertations; wherein are proved, I. That the oracles were not given out by dæmons; ... II. That the oracles did not cease at the coming of Jesus Christ; ... By M. de Fontenelle, ... Translated from the best edition of the original French.
Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
Category
Books
Date
1750
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085878
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi,[4],218,[2]p. . 12mo.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf over boards, double gilt fillet on spine and covers, blind tooling on board edges, red and brown sprinkled edges, brown spine label.
Makers and roles
Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)