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NIEUWENTYT, Bernard
"Het regt gebruik der werelt beschouwingen, ter overtuiginge van ongodisten en ongelovigen aangetoont"
By Joannes Pauli, Boekverkoper. Amsterdam. 1730. 26 x 21 cm.
5th edition. Title page, (14), 916, (9) pages and 28 plates with anatomical and physical illustrations as well as illustrations of nature. Parchment binding. Signs of age and wear, probably complete, not collated.
Observations and depictions of natural laws as an argument for the existence of God. The work was decisive for the introduction of the new experimental philosophy of Boyle and others in the Dutch Republic.