The religious philosopher:. or, the right use of contemplating the works of the Creator. I. In the wonderful Structure of Animal Bodies, and in particular Man. II. In the no less wonderful and wise Formation of the Elements, and their various Effects upon Animal and Vegetable Bodies. And, III. In the most amazing Structure of the Heavens, with all its Furniture. Designed for the conviction of atheists and infidels. Throughout which, all the late discoveries in anatomy, philosophy, and astronomy, together with the various Experiments made use of to illustrate the same, are most copiously handled by that learned mathematician, Dr. Nieuwentyt. Translated from the original, by John Chamberlayne, Esq; F. R. S. To which is Prefix’d, A Letter to the Translator, by the Reverend J. T. Desaguliers, M.A. F.R.S. Adorn’d with Cuts.
Bernard Nieuwentyt (1654-1718)
Category
Books
Date
1718
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 3202617
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v.([2],viii,[22],lii,1086p.),XXIX plates. ill... 8vo. Imperfect: vol. 1 only. Old Gunby pressmarks: 7A (deleted), 9; also 504. Provenance: Booklabel: Henry Massingberd, Gunby. 1781. No. 464 [i.e. Henry Massingberd (d.1784)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf, spine gilt
Makers and roles
Bernard Nieuwentyt (1654-1718)