Derham (guillaume) - Physical Theology Or Demonstration Of The Existence Of God. 1732.

DERHAM (Guillaume) - Physical theology or demonstration of the existence of God, drawn from the works of creation, accompanied by a large number of remarks & curious observations. Paris, Chez Chaubert, 1732; in-8, XIV-627 pp. + table of contents + 1 folding plate, contemporary full marbled calfskin binding, spine decorated with 5 bands, title label in red morocco, edges painted red. Translated from English by Jacques Lufneu, doctor of medicine and reader in mathematics. Third edition of the important work of the English philosopher G. Derham (1657-1735) in which he seeks a demonstration of the existence of God in the range of creation, as well as in the observation of nature from the examination of the globe as a whole down to the insects and leaves of plants.