Sale: 359 / Rare Books including Marine Art, Nov. 16./17. 2009 in Hamburg Lot 18

 
Bernhard Nieuwentyt - Rechter Gebrauch Der Welt-Betrachtung, 1747.


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Bernhard Nieuwentyt
Rechter Gebrauch Der Welt-Betrachtung, 1747.
Estimate:
€ 200 / $ 220
Sold:
€ 1,440 / $ 1,584

(incl. surcharge)
Nieuwentyt, B., Rechter Gebrauch der Welt-Betrachtung zur Erkenntnis der Macht, Weisheit und Güte Gottes, auch Überzeugung der Atheisten und Ungläubigen. In einer freien Uebersetzung abermal ans Licht gestellet, und mit einigen Anmerkungen erläutert von Joh. A. Segner. With engr. allegoric frontispiece by G. Sicher and 20 folding copper plates. Jena, Chr. H. Cuno 1747. Contemp. half calf with label and blue marbled edges. 4to. 7 ll., 605 pp., 11 ll.
Poggendorff II, 289. - Bierens de Haan 3563. - Hirsch/Hüb. IV, 370. - Second German edition (Dutch orig. edition 1714), the first in the translation by the well-known natural scientist Andreas Segner (1704-77) from Göttingen. The then widely noticed and often translated work, along with William Derham's Physico-Theology, is regarded as one of he 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). - The coppers show numerous anatomic, zoological, technical and astronomic illustrations. - First ll. with slight water marks, coppers minimally stained in places. Binding scuffed and somewhat rubbed in places, edgeworn. Else well-preserved copy, title with old ownership entry "Vieweg".
Second German edition (Dutch orig. edition 1714), the first in the translation by the well-known natural scientist Andreas Segner (1704-77) from Göttingen. With engr. allegoric frontispiece by G. Sicher and 20 folding copper plates. Contemp. half calf with label and blue marbled edges. - The coppers show numerous anatomic, zoological, technical and astronomic illustrations. - First ll. with slight water marks, coppers minimally stained in places. Binding scuffed and somewhat rubbed in places, edgeworn. Else well-preserved copy, title with old ownership entry "Vieweg".




18
Bernhard Nieuwentyt
Rechter Gebrauch Der Welt-Betrachtung, 1747.
Estimate:
€ 200 / $ 220
Sold:
€ 1,440 / $ 1,584

(incl. surcharge)