Lot 385
Whiston (William) A New Theory of the Earth, from its Original to the Consummation of all Things, first edition, 1696.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Whiston (William) A New Theory of the Earth, from its Original to the Consummation of all Things, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates (one folding), 2pp. advertisements and errata f. at end, a very good, clean copy, contemporary panelled calf, joints splitting at head, some chipping to spine ends, [Wing W1696], 8vo, for Benj. Tooke, 1696.
⁂ Whiston succeeded Isaac Newton as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. The present work held that the global flood of Noah was caused by a comet. It was well-received by Newton and Locke, amongst others.
Description
Whiston (William) A New Theory of the Earth, from its Original to the Consummation of all Things, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates (one folding), 2pp. advertisements and errata f. at end, a very good, clean copy, contemporary panelled calf, joints splitting at head, some chipping to spine ends, [Wing W1696], 8vo, for Benj. Tooke, 1696.
⁂ Whiston succeeded Isaac Newton as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. The present work held that the global flood of Noah was caused by a comet. It was well-received by Newton and Locke, amongst others.
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