An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature

Culverwel, Nathanael

Published by The Roycroft for Mary Rothwell, At The Bear & Fountain Cheap-side, 1661

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"With several other treatises. Viz. The Schism, The Act of Oblivion, .etc". 212 pp all original hb in original half brown leather 16 x 20 cms. Ref: Wing 7571. With a Preface "To the Reader" bound in, and dated "Cambridge August 10th 1652". Four raised bands. Some pages with faint marginal brackets in pencil, noting paragraphs of particular interest (see image). [ Nathanael Culverwell, 1619 - 1651, was an English author and theologian, born in Middlesex. A student (admitted 1633) and later a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was associated with members of the Cambridge Platonists. This volume, "An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature", his best-known work, was originally delivered as a series of lectures in 1645 - 1646, and attempted mediation between Reason and Faith, via Natural Law, in the context of the opposing religious stances of the English Civil War]. See also our ABE Listings: # 005815 "Emblemes" Francis Quarles. 1638., and # 005793 John Locke "The Reasonableness of Christianity". 1695. All from the same provenence.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature
• Publisher: The Roycroft for Mary Rothwell, At The Bear & Fountain Cheap-side
• Publication Date: 1661
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: Very Good
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