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De Statu Mortuorum Et Resurgentium Tractatus. Ajicitur, Appendix De Futura Judaeorum Restauratione Editio Secunda
by Burnet, Thomas; Thoma Burnetio (1635?-1715)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: A. Bettesworth & C. Hitch. Good with no dust jacket. 1733. Second Edition. Leather. Viii, 432 pp. Octavo. Frontis plate of the author, head and tail pieces throughout. Small octavo. Full leather covers with gilt ruling, five raised bands, front joint tender and starting to split, normal wear to boards. Interior has old hand-written owner notes on inside front cover, another name on first blank, occasional small marginalia throughout, otherwise clean and unmarked. The 2nd edition of Burnet's posthumously printed work on the state of the dead and resurrection, wherein he wrestles with the interaction (if any) between departed souls and daily life. Burnet was an interesting English theologican and was admired by Newton, partly because of his "Hollow Earth" theory to explain the great amount of waters released on the earth during the Biblical flood. Stated second edition. Entirely in Latin. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11943
- Title
- De Statu Mortuorum Et Resurgentium Tractatus. Ajicitur, Appendix De Futura Judaeorum Restauratione Editio Secunda
- Author
- Burnet, Thomas; Thoma Burnetio (1635?-1715)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. Bettesworth & C. Hitch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1733
- Keywords
- Resurrection, Afterlife, Christian_death, Hollow_earth
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion - Theology;
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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