Author: PLUCHE Abbé (translated from the French of...) by De FREVAL JB
Title: The History of the Heavens, Considered according to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers Compared with the Doctrines of Moses (volume 1).
Description: London, J. Osborn 1741 x, 2pp approbation and errata,288pp, 8pp index, 23 plates printed separately (from the French edition) and glued in. 20x14, calf, five bands, glt lettering and decoration. Covers a bit rubbed and marked, binding secure and contents very good. Pluche was a 18th century French priest best known for his Spectacle de la Nature, a hugely popular work on natural history. The History of the Heavens explored many different esoteric myths and stories, tending to reject any scientific theory that might run counter to Mosaic cosmology.

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