The theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things. The two last books, concerning the burning of the world, and concerning the new heavens and new earth
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Type of record: Book
Title: The theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things. The two last books, concerning the burning of the world, and concerning the new heavens and new earth
Other titles: Telluris theoria sacra; The sacred theory of the earth
Classmark: BC Sc q/BUR
Creator(s): Burnet, Thomas (1635?-1715)
Additional creator(s): Kettilby, Walter (1717) (Other); Norton, Roger (fl. 1662-1691) (Other)
Related people: Kettilby, Walter; Norton, Roger
Publisher: Printed by R. Norton, for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishops-Head in St.Paul's Church-yard
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1690
Language: English
Size and medium: [14],224p.,[1] leaf of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/286368
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002258209705181
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Dedication signed: T. Burnet.
Added engraved t.p., ill., with title: The sacred theory of the earth.
Book 4 has own t.p.
Indexed in: References: Wing B5954.
Additional description
Bound with 4 other publications in a volume lettered: BVRNETS THEORY COMPT. Volume contents: 1. Burnet, T.: The theory of the earth ... The two first books, 1691. -- 2. Burnet, T.: The theory of the earth ... The two last books, 1690. -- 3. A review of the theory of the earth, 1690. -- 4. A short consideration of Mr. Erasmus Warren's defence of his exceptions against The theory of the earth, 1691. -- 5. An answer to the late exceptions made by Mr Erasmus Warren against The theory of the earth, 1690
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