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Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Maligned Puritan clergyman's efforts to show the evidence of intelligent design in both terrestrial & celestial realms, summarizing what was known about the solar system, weather, the Earth, animal, plants, minerals; "the first comprehensive book on science written by an American." Includes a lengthy introduction by Solberg, contextualizing Mather's work, sources, & influence. Stout hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book & jacket; near fine, barest hint of fading to jacket spine. Review slip & 'compliments' card from historian Stanley Kutler laid in. Text clean; cxlii, 488 pages; index; notes on Bible references, other sources; biographical notes on persons mentioned; notes; a few figures. Size: Large Octavo.