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Rechter Gebrauch der Welt-Betrachtung zur Erkenntnis der Macht, Weisheit und Gute Gottes, auch Uberzeugung der Atheisten und Unglaubigen. In einer freien Uebersetzung abermal ans Licht gestellet, und mit einigen Anmerkungen erlautert von Joh. A. Segner.

Jena
Chr. H. Cuno
1747

4to, 605, [22] pp, with engraved frontispiece and 20 folding engraved plates at the end, numbered I-XX. The coppers show numerous anatomic, zoological, technical and astronomic illustrations. Contemporary calf binding, slightly rubbed, spine richly gilt between 5 raised bands, morocco title-piece, corners worn

Second German edition (Dutch orig. edition 1714), the first in the translation by the well-known natural scientist Andreas Segner (1704-77) from Gottingen. The then widely noticed and often translated work, along with William Derham's Physico-Theology, is regarded as one of the first of its kind. "Was intended to demonstrate the existence of God by teleological arguments. Never before has this been tried on such a scale, and none among Nieuwentijt's numerous imitators equaled his completeness" (DSB). Ref. Poggendorff II, 289. - Bierens de Haan 3563

Natural History

NIEUWENTYT, Bernhard