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Of the high veneration man's intellect owes to God; peculiarly for his wisedom and power.
by A Fellow of the Royal Society [Robert Boyle]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed By M.F. For Richard Davis Bookseller in Oxford, 1685. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A very good copy, bound in eighteenth century inlaid calf, re-spined. This is a clean and crisp copy of the original work. 115pp, retains original endpapers, Name neatly of a previous early owner " Alice Clarke" to fep and again a neat early signature to head of title page " Ellen Ferrier". Robert Boyle (1627-1691), in this significant work, published in his lifetime, expounds the virtues of God and claims the size of the actual universe is so great that distant regions of space might have other areas, the size of our observable universe, that contain different planets and creatures, and even might have different laws of nature..
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- Bookseller
- Rickaro Books Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 057214
- Title
- Of the high veneration man's intellect owes to God; peculiarly for his wisedom and power.
- Author
- A Fellow of the Royal Society [Robert Boyle]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed By M.F. For Richard Davis Bookseller in Oxford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1685
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Religion Science Robert Boyle Oxford Royal Society Universe Theology Science seventeenth century philosophy FRS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Technology & Engineering; Religious History, Buildings and Persons;
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Rickaro Books Ltd
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
About Rickaro Books Ltd
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