AN ESSAY TOWARD A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE EARTH: and Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: As also of the Sea, Rivers, and Springs. With an Account of the Universal Deluge: And of the Effects that it had upon the Earth.

Woodward, John

Published by Printed for Ric. Wilkin at the Kings-Head in St. Paul's Church-yard, London, 1695

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Imprimatur leaf, [xiv], 277 pages of text, followed by [ii] pages of publisher's advertisement. Original full leather binding with minor shelfwear. Armorial engraved bookplate of George Baillee, dated 1724, with his name handwritten on the title page, and a few of his notations on the front endpapers. Wing 3510. The author "asserted unequivocally that fossil remains that had been found in rocks were definitely the remains of living animals and plants, a view not universally held at that time. [His] essay was widely read both in Great Britain and, in translation, in other European countries .and. contributed towards establishing that strata throughout the world are, generally speaking, similar in character, a conclusion necessary before any acceptable theory of the origin of the rocks of the crust of the earth could be formulated." Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 193mm x 107mm (7 9/16" x 4 9/16"). First edition. Seller Inventory # 019762

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Title: AN ESSAY TOWARD A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ...

Publisher: Printed for Ric. Wilkin at the Kings-Head in St. Paul's Church-yard, London

Publication Date: 1695

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good+ condition

Edition: First Edition