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THE SACRED THEORY OF THE EARTH, In Which Are Set Forth the Wisdom of God Displayed In the Works of the Creation, Salvation, and Consummation of All Things, Until the Destruction of the World by Fire: Including the Blessed Millennium, or the Reign of Christ with His Saints Upon Earth.
by Burnet, Thomas; Bishop Burnett
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Published by T. Kinnersley, Acton Place, Kingsland Road, 1816. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. Early edition. Quarto (4to). [viii], 716 pages of text. Illustrated with eight plates; incomplete, lacking the frontispiece and illustrated title page, as well as 8 plates. Several pages have tears, creases, and/or soiling. Rebound in ordinary black cloth. A few page edges are chipped, and a few pages with marginal staining. Measures 10.25" (height) x 8" (260mm x 250mm). Later edition..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019801
- Title
- THE SACRED THEORY OF THE EARTH, In Which Are Set Forth the Wisdom of God Displayed In the Works of the Creation, Salvation, and Consummation of All Things, Until the Destruction of the World by Fire: Including the Blessed Millennium, or the Reign of Christ with His Saints Upon Earth.
- Author
- Burnet, Thomas; Bishop Burnett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ condition
- Edition
- Early edition
- Publisher
- Published by T. Kinnersley, Acton Place, Kingsland Road
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1816
- Size
- Quarto (4to)
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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