Important geological work by Maillet from 1755
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GEOLOGY. (2). MAILLET, BENOÎT DE. Telliamed, ou entretiens d´un philosophe Indien avec un missionaire Françoise sur la diminution de la mer. Nouvelle edition. Revûe, corrigée & augmentée sur les originaux de l´auteur, avec une vie de m. de Maillet. I-II. La Haye, et ce trouve à Paris (chez Duchesne) 1755.
Small 8:o. (4), (i)-vii, (1), (1)-240, (8), (1)-360 pp.
Contemporary mottled brown calf, somewhat worn, vol. I with small crack in lower upper joint, gilt edges of covers, richly gilt spines, red edges. Minor foxing. 2 volumes.
Benoît de Maillet (1656- 738), French diplomat and natural historian. He was French consul general at Cairo, and overseer in the Levant. He formulated an evolutionary hypothesis to explain the origin of the earth and its contents.
De Maillet´s geological observations convinced him that the earth could not have been created in an instant because the features of the crust indicate a slow development by natural processes. He also believed that creatures on the land were ultimately derived from creatures living in the seas. He believed in the natural origin of man. He estimated that the development of the earth took two billion years. (Wikipedia).
Provenance: The von Celsing family, Biby.
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327877
Datum:
2015-09-27