Preuves des existences et nouveau systême de l'univers, ou, Idée d'une nouvelle philosophie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Châtres, Pierre Julien Brodeau de Moncharville, marquis de.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

French

Latin

Subjects (All):

Creation--Poetry--Early works to 1800.

Creation.

Universe--Poetry.

Universe.

Spirals--Religious aspects.

Spirals.

Genre:

Poetry.

Advertisements -- France -- Paris -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Auche, archevêque d' (former owner?) (autograph)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 99, that is, 124 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Preuves des existences et nouveau systême de l'univers

Idée d'une nouvelle philosophie

Place of Publication:

A Paris : Chez Jacques Josse ..., MDCCII [1702]

Language Note:

Text, poems and notes in French; passages from the Bible in French and Latin.

Notes:

Published anonymously. By Pierre Julien Brodeau de Moncharville. Cf. Barbier.

Signatures: pi² A-F⁸ G² H⁸ I⁴.

Page numbers 117, 118, 119, 120 omitted in sequence.

Woodcuts: device; initial; head- and tail-pieces.

With side- and shoulder-notes.

Errata on p. 98 and 128.

List of recommended reading and advertisements for forthcoming publications by the author on p. 101-128.

Spaces for the name and title of the the dedicatee have been left intentionally blank in the preliminaries. On prelim. p. [3], the author explains that worthy owners of the book may fill in their names.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Gatherings H⁸ and I⁴ misbound between leaves G1 and G2.

In the blank spaces in the dedications, the name "Monsieur l'archevesque d'Auche" has been supplied in ms.

Cited in:

BN 27, col. 582

Barbier, A.A. Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes, III, col. 1014

Contains:

Bible. French & Latin. Selections. 1702.

OCLC:

38736523