A survey of the heavens : being a plain description of the admirable fabrick and motions 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, Latin, and Greek lyrick verse. By Robert Witty Dr in physick in both universities, and fellow of the Colledge of Physicians in London.

  • Wittie, Robert, 1613?-1684
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1685
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Also known as

Ouranoskopia, or, A survey of the heavens
Ouranoskopia
Survey of the heavens
Gout-raptures, augmented and improved.
Gout raptures
Astromaxia

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London : printed for Richard Jones, at the White-Horse in Little-Brittain, 1685.

Physical description

8 unnumbered pages, 158 pages, 2 unnumbered pages

References note

Wing (2nd ed.) W3234.

Notes

Originally published as: Ouranoskopia, or, A survey of the heavens.
"The gout-raptures" has continuous pagination and register, with title page dated 1681.
"Àstromaxi'a", in Greek verse, has caption title beginning on p. 137; title transliterated from the Greek.
With final advertisement leaf.
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2104:04) s1999 miun s

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