Geographie physique ou essay sur l'histoire naturelle de la terre.Including: Réponse aux observations du docteur Camerarius, concernant l'essay sur l'histoire naturelle de la terre.Des fossiles de toute espece.Amsterdam, aux dépens de la compagnie, 1735. 3 texts in 1 volume. 8vo. With a folding engraved plate. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine and board edges.
by WOODWARD, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
t Goy, Netherlands
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
XI, [5], 496 pp.First edition, one of two simultaneously published issues, of the French translation of an essay regarding natural history and geology by the English naturalist John Woodward (1665-1728), translated by Pierre Noguez. "An important figure in the history of geology, Woodward proposed that a universal flood had once disintegrated all the stony and mineral matter forming the earth's crust along with animals and plants, ... Fossils, he asserted, were definitely the remains of once living animals or plants. This essay had a wide effect in Great Britain and Europe" (Hoover). The folding plate shows a cross-section of the earth at a scale of about 1:90,000,000, with a four-layer crust surrounding a water core. The essay is followed by Woodward's response to Camerarius's critique on Woodward's theory. Included at the end are letters written by or to prominent scholars and some extracts from texts supporting Woodward's theory, mostly dealing with fossils.Endpapers waterstained. Binding worn along the extremities. Internally in very good condition.l Zittel, pp. 29-30; STCN (6 copies); cf. Hoover 896-897; Ward 2362; for Woodward: DSB XIV, pp. 500-503.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Asher Rare Books (NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A4HF6A01U79O
- Title
- Geographie physique ou essay sur l'histoire naturelle de la terre.Including: Réponse aux observations du docteur Camerarius, concernant l'essay sur l'histoire naturelle de la terre.Des fossiles de toute espece.Amsterdam, aux dépens de la compagnie, 1735. 3 texts in 1 volume. 8vo. With a folding engraved plate. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine and board edges.
- Author
- WOODWARD, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- [5091845FC46C] NATURAL HISTORY|[5091845FC46C] NATURAL HISTORY -> [K81F4UDCAPHQ] Exploration & General Works|[5091845FC46C] NATURAL HISTORY -> [A4A3D07C0D6C] Fossils / Palaeontology|[E51AD6E3D609] SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY -> [317088CF6DBC] Alchemy, Astrology &
Terms of Sale
Asher Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Asher Rare Books
Biblio member since 2020
t Goy
About Asher Rare Books
Dealers in rare books and manuscripts since 1830. Located in 't Goy, near Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...