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First edition. Printed for J Milliken: And sold by R Faulder, Bookseller, London. Carlisle. 1786. 8vo. xxiv, (1), 383pp. Contemporary tree calf, gilt rules and leather label to spine. Corners bumped and joints cracked, but firm. Title excised to upper margin, no loss of text. 17pp subscriber list including J Priestley, Wm Cullen and William Paley, with unnumbered page of subscribers not present in all copies. Toned throughout, with some spotting. Small ink stain to edges. Signature to title page. Barely legible note dated 1832, with the name Matthias Ferguson … "come Holy Spirit" loosely inserted: Ferguson marked neatly with pencil in subscribers list.

Miln's reconciliation of recent geological discoveries and scripture: the chapter "To build an Ark" carefully evaluates the practicalities. Paley's own work was published 8 years later.

Carlisle: printed by J. Milliken, and sold by R. Faulder, London,, 1786. First edition, defending the Biblical interpretation of creation and of geological time, and seeking to reconcile the increasing geological evidence as outlined by Whitehurst and others with the traditional Christian belief of creation as a single process. It is worth noting that the work was published just eight years before William Paley's View of the Evidences of Christianity, and that Paley's name is on the subscribers' list, joining other notable subscribers including Joseph Priestley, William Cullen, Richard Price, and Richard Neave, governor of the Bank of England. Uncommon: ESTC locating ten copies. Octavo. Uncut in the original boards, rebacked with the original spine laid down, printed paper label. Complete with the full list of subscribers, the terminal subscriber leaf added later and not always present. Loss to original spine backing at foot, a little soiled and worn, holding firm, contents clean save for sporadic… Read More

Carlisle: printed by J. Milliken, and sold by R. Faulder, London,, 1786. A fresh copy in original boards First edition, defending the Biblical interpretation of creation and of geological time, and seeking to reconcile the increasing geological evidence as outlined by Whitehurst and others with the traditional Christian belief of creation as a single process. It is worth noting that the work was published just eight years before William Paley's View of the Evidences of Christianity, and that Paley's name is on the subscribers' list, joining other notable subscribers including Joseph Priestley, William Cullen, Richard Price, and Richard Neave, governor of the Bank of England. Uncommon: ESTC locates ten copies. Octavo. Uncut in the original boards, printed paper label. Complete with the full list of subscribers, the terminal subscriber leaf added later and not always present. Early ownership signature of William Johnston to front free endpaper. A fresh example in the original boards, joints and hinges… Read More