THE ARCANA OF NATURE: OR PROOFS OF THE BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD, ELICITED IN A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE WORKS OF CREATION. [TWO VOLUMES IN ONE.]

Early Edition. Hardback 8vo. Very Good+. Reprint. xix, [3], 316; (v)-xi, [1], 382: with publishers' advertisements to the endpapers. The author has some difficulty with himself (as he did with his critics) in his tortuous attempt to reconcile the recent discoveries of Geology with his adherence to the Biblical account of origins, but is convinced that 'the sacred records have nothing to fear from advancing science'. Contents very clean, with a few foxing spots around p.99 in vol I. Octavo, 19.5x12cms, in the original slightly soiled binding of red blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, internally re-inforced, neatly done - with the original gilt pictorial spine laid down. Nice bright, firm copy. Only 4 copies found at WorldCat (OCLC) the world’s largest library catalogue. Only the first edition of 1839, Dublin showing.