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Arca Noë, in tres libros digesta, quorum I. De rebus quæ ante diluvium, II. De iis, quæ ipso diluvio ejusque duratione, III. De iis, quæ post diluvium a Noëmo gesta sunt, quæ omnia novâ methodo, nec non summa argumentorum varietate, explicantur, et demonstrantur / [Athanasius Kircher].

Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.

Women shelter in fear by a tree, as the deluge sweeps the land. Engraving by L. Truchy.

A woman is swept away by the tempestuous deluge; a small company of people on a hill try to save themselves; a serpent slithers beside them. Mezzotint after J. Martin.

A huge angel stands atop Noah's ark, its back turned towards the entwined mass of drowning creatures; people pray and one holds her baby aloft; serpents tussle among the dying. Etching by L. Friedrich after W. Kaulbach.

1 volume v.s. Mostly unbound, but some in paper covers, etc.

Collectanea: Science I. Eleven short works. Mostly Authors' holograph MSS

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A treatise on the deluge. Containing I. Remarks on the Lord Bishop of Clogher's account of that event. II. A full explanation of the scripture history of it. III. A collection of all the principal heathen accounts. IV. Natural Proofs of the Deluge, deduced from a great Variety of Circumstances, on and in the terraqueous Globe. And, Under the foregoing general articles, The following Particulars will be occasionally discussed and proved, viz. The Time when, and the Manner how America was first peopled. - The Mosaic Account of the Deluge written by Inspiration. - The Certainty of an Abyss of Water within the earth. - The Reality of an inner Globe or central Nucleus. - The Cause of the subterranean Vapour and of Earthquakes. - The Origin of Springs, Lakes, &c. - The Formation of Mountains, Hills; Dales, Vallies, &c. - The Means by which the Bed of the Ocean was formed. - The Cause of Caverns or natural Grottos; with a Description of the most remarkable, especially those in England. - Also an Explication of several lesser Phaenomena in Nature. Adorned with a Copper-Plate, representing the internal Structure of the terraqueous Globe, from the Center to the Circumference. By A. Catcott, Lecturer of St. John's, in the City of Bristol.

1 print : etching with line engraving ; platemark 27.2 x 18.9 cm

Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people. Etching.

Early English books online

Remarks on some late papers relating to the universal deluge, and to the natural history of the earth / by John Harris.

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Collectanea: Science I. Eleven short works. Mostly Authors' holograph MSS

Women shelter in fear by a tree, as the deluge sweeps the land. Engraving by L. Truchy.

Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people. Etching.

Remarks on some late papers relating to the universal deluge, and to the natural history of the earth / by John Harris.

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Deluge

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Collectanea: Science I. Eleven short works. Mostly Authors' holograph MSS

Women shelter in fear by a tree, as the deluge sweeps the land. Engraving by L. Truchy.

Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people. Etching.

Remarks on some late papers relating to the universal deluge, and to the natural history of the earth / by John Harris.

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