Three physico-theological discourses, concerning I. The primitive chaos, and creation of the world. II. The general deluge, its causes and effects. III. The dissolution of the world, and future conflagration. ... By John Ray, ...
John Ray (1627-1705)
Category
Books
Date
1713
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3215589
Summary
Bibliographic description
The third edition, illustrated ... xxxi,[1],456p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 8vo. Provenance: eighteenth-century sepia armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]; pasted over eighteenth-century early armorial bookplate of Richard Banner [Banner (b. 1696) of Little Aston Hall, sold library to Thomas Anson in about 1745]. Binding: eighteenth-century Cambridge style panelled calf; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt tooled spine & boqard edges; spine label: Ray's Discourses.
Makers and roles
John Ray (1627-1705)