Lot 288
Croft (Herbert, Bishop of Hereford) Some Animadversions upon a Book Intituled The Theory of the Earth, first edition, 1685.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Croft (Herbert, Bishop of Hereford) Some Animadversions upon a Book Intituled The Theory of the Earth, first edition, title within double-rule border, with initial imprimatur and final errata ff., a good, clean copy, armorial bookplate to pastedown, contemporary sheep, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, extremities a little worn, [Wing C6979], 8vo, for Charles Harper at the Flower-deluce over against S. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1685.
⁂ A reply to Thomas Burnet's Telluris Theoria Sacra, or Sacred Theory of the Earth.
Provenance: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale (bookplate).
Description
Croft (Herbert, Bishop of Hereford) Some Animadversions upon a Book Intituled The Theory of the Earth, first edition, title within double-rule border, with initial imprimatur and final errata ff., a good, clean copy, armorial bookplate to pastedown, contemporary sheep, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, extremities a little worn, [Wing C6979], 8vo, for Charles Harper at the Flower-deluce over against S. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1685.
⁂ A reply to Thomas Burnet's Telluris Theoria Sacra, or Sacred Theory of the Earth.
Provenance: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale (bookplate).
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