The History of the Heavens (1755) - Page 12

2. ## H E A V E N L Y
3 # H I S T O R Y,

Considered according to the Ideas

O F T H E P O E T S,

O F T H E P H I L O S O P H E R S,

AND THE WRITINGS OF

M O S E S,

Containing

1. The origin of the Poetic Heaven, the naming of the celestial lights, and the resulting idolatry.
2. The error of the philosophers concerning the origin of Heaven and Earth.
3. The agreement, proven through experience, solely with the natural philosophy original: "Natuurkunde"; in this context, it refers to the physical laws of the universe as described in the Pentateuch. of Moses.

BY MR.

L A P L U C H E,

Author of the Spectacle of Nature.

FIRST VOLUME.

Translated from the French by

JAN VAN DEN BOSCH, son of Melchior.

Decorated with Copper Plates.

S E C O N D E D I T I O N.

A decorative woodcut vignette featuring a symmetrical arrangement of stylized foliage and scrollwork.

At A M S T E R D A M,

By PIETER SPRIET, Bookseller in

the Tak-Steeg near the Rokin. 1755.