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BURNET, THOMAS. Telluris theoria sacra . . . Accedunt Archaeologiae philosophicae, sive doctrina antique de rerum originalibus. Editio ultima. 2 folding engraved maps of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres; engraved text illustrations. [8], 558, [2] pages, including engraved additional title and final blank. 4to, 219x175 mm, 20th-century dark green levant gilt, spine faded to brown; contents generally clean; uncut. Amsterdam: Joannes Wolters, 1699
First published in 1681-89, an attempt to reconcile Cartesian ideas with scripture to explain the formation of the earth, "the most famous and influential of all the early speculations of earth history" (Linda Hall Library), This edition also reprints Burnet's 1692 Archaeologiae philosophicae. Linda Hall Library, Theories of the Earth 7 (1684-90 edition in English of the main work).
