'Speculum Britanniae' : 'Regional Study, Antiquarianism, and Science in Britain to 1700 / Stan A.E. Mendyk
1989, 1st edition. Toronto : University of Toronto Press. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #397249
ISBN: 0802057446
Physical description; 384 pp. Contents; CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: 'Where the Choir Was ... ' -- CHAPTER TWO. 'A Hole Worlde of Thinges Very Memorable' -- CHAPTER THREE. Speculum Britanniae -- CHAPTER FOUR. Removing the 'Eclipse from the Sunne' -- CHAPTER FIVE. 'Rapidly Thinning Wisps and Patches' -- CHAPTER SIX. 'Men Wake As from Deep Sleep' -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Metamorphosis -- CHAPTER EIGHT. 'To Serve the Commonwealth of Learning' -- CHAPTER NINE. 'This Secret Call' -- CHAPTER TEN. Remedying 'Chief Defects' -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. 'Learning So Much Neglected' -- CHAPTER TWELVE. 'Industrious Searchers into the History of Nature' -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Conclusion: 'Rust of Old Monuments'. Subjects; Lhuyd, Edward 1660-1709. Antiquarians Great Britain. Science Great Britain History 17th century. Historiography. Intellectual life.
Price: €30.00