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Ouranoskopia, or, A survey of the heavens : a plain description of the admirable fabrick and notions of the heavenly bodies, as they are discovered to the eye by the telescope, and several eminent consequences illustrated thereby, I. The infinite wisdom, power, glory and incomprehensibility of God in the Creation, II. The verifying of the Copernican hypothesis, III. The probability of more inhabited worlds, IV. The clearing of some difficult places of scripture from doubtful interpretations, V. The higher exaltation of Gods attributes in the business of our redemption, VI. An essay to prove the sun to be the seat of the blessed, with several other useful notions : to which is added The gout-raptures, augmented and improved, in English, Latine, and Greek lyrick verse / by Robert Wittie ...
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wittie, Robert, 1613?-1684.
- Standardized Title:
- Ouranoskopia. 1681
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy--Early works to 1800.
- Astronomy.
- Astronomy--Miscellanea.
- Astronomy--Poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Penn Provenance:
- Briscoe, Samuel.
- Coleby, C.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 158 pages, 2 unnumbered pages (last page blank) ; 16 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- A survey of the heavens.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. M. for the author, and are to be sold by R. Clavell and J. Robinson ... and R. Boulter ..., 1681.
- Notes:
- The "Gout-raptures" has special t. p.
- The first word of the title has been romanized.
- Advertisement on recto of final leaf.
- Cited in:
- Wing 3229
- OCLC:
- 221344072
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