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Collectanea: Science I. Eleven short works. Mostly Authors' holograph MSS
Date: 1771-1876Reference: MS.1726
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The flood: women shelter in fear by a tree, as the deluge sweeps the land. Engraving by L. Truchy.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 15708i
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Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people. Etching.
Reference: 15707i
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Remarks on some late papers relating to the universal deluge, and to the natural history of the earth / by John Harris.
Harris, John, 1667?-1719Date: 1697
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The flood: people clamber for safety as rain pours down and lightning strikes the earth. Engraving by W. van der Gouwen after G. Hoet.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.Date: [between 1725 and 1739]Reference: 2493580i
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Jupiter orders Notus (the south wind) to flood the Earth: as the water rises, people try to escape. Engraving by L. Garreau after A. van Diepenbeeck.
Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, 1596-1675.Date: 1771-1791Reference: 524674i
Part of: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun
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The scriptural history of the earth and of mankind, compared with the cosmogonies, chronologies, and original traditions of ancient nations; an abstract and review of several modern systems; with an attempt to explain philosophically, the Mosaical account of the creation and deluge and to deduce from this last event the causes of the actual structure of the earth, in a series of letters / With notes and illustrations. By Philip Howard.
Howard, Philip, -1810.Date: 1797
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Geologia: or, a discourse concerning the earth before the deluge. Wherein the form and properties ascribed to it, in a book intituled the Theory of the earth [by Thomas Burnet], are excepted against: and it is made toappear, that the dissolution of that earth was not the cause of the universal flood. Also a new explication of that flood is attempted / By Erasmus Warren.
Warren, Erasmus.Date: 1690
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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].
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.Date: 1675
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Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.
Buckland, William, 1784-1856.Date: 1823
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Three physico-theological discourses, concerning I. The primitive chaos, and creation of the world. II. The general deluge, its causes and effects. III. The dissolution of the world, and future conflagration. Wherein are largely discussed the production and use of mountains; the original of fountains, of formed stones, and sea fishes bones and shells found in the earth; the effects of particular floods, and inundations of the sea; the eruptions of vulcano's; the nature and causes of earthquakes: with an historical account of those two remarkable ones in Jamaica and England. With practical inferences. Illustrated with copper plates / By John Ray.
Ray, John, 1627-1705.Date: 1732
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M.D.S. Buttners Rudera diluvii testes, i.e. Zeichen und Zeugen der Sündfluth, in Ansehung des itzigen Zustandes unserer Erd- und Wasser-Kugel, insonderheit der darinnen vielfältig auch zeither in Querfurtischen Revier unterschiedlich angetroffenen : ehemahls verschwemten Thiere und Gewächse / bey dem Lichte natürlicher Weissheit betrachtet ; und nebst vielen Abbildungen zum Druck gegeben.
Büttner, David Sigismund, 1660-1719.Date: 1710
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Johannis Jacobi Scheuchzeri, Tigurini, medicinæ doctoris ... Herbarium diluvianum.
Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, 1672-1733.Date: 1723
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Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
Date: [1606]Reference: 31968i
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Remarks on the second part of the Lord Bishop of Clogher's Vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament; chiefly with respect to his Lordship's interpretation of the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge. In two parts / by Alexander Catcott.
Catcott, Alexander, 1725-1779.Date: 1756
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Gleanings of antiquities / By John Beaumont, Gent.
Beaumont, John, -1731.Date: 1724
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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.
Kaulbach, Wilhelm von, 1804-1874.Reference: 15709i
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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.
Martin, John, 1789-1854.Reference: 15712i
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Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.
Buckland, William, 1784-1856.Date: 1824
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Noah's ark surrounded by drowning men; above, the dove holds the olive leaf in its beak, while God appears in a cloud attired as a bishop. Woodcut.
Reference: 15713i
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Noah's ark overlooks a scene of desolation from a mountainous horizon. Mezzotint with etching.
Reference: 15715i
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The sinful state of mankind before the flood. Engraving by J. van Vianen after G. Hoet.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.Date: [between 1725 and 1739]Reference: 2493575i
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The flood: people are swept away by the water in the darkness with their possessions. Mezzotint by J.P. Quilley, 1828, after J.M.W. Turner.
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.Date: June 24 1828Reference: 2855891i

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

The flood: 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.

The flood: people clamber for safety as rain pours down and lightning strikes the earth. Engraving by W. van der Gouwen after G. Hoet.

Jupiter orders Notus (the south wind) to flood the Earth: as the water rises, people try to escape. Engraving by L. Garreau after A. van Diepenbeeck.

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].

Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.

Johannis Jacobi Scheuchzeri, Tigurini, medicinæ doctoris ... Herbarium diluvianum.

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

Remarks on the second part of the Lord Bishop of Clogher's Vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament; chiefly with respect to his Lordship's interpretation of the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge. In two parts / by Alexander Catcott.

Gleanings of antiquities / By John Beaumont, Gent.

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.

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.

Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.

Noah's ark surrounded by drowning men; above, the dove holds the olive leaf in its beak, while God appears in a cloud attired as a bishop. Woodcut.

Noah's ark overlooks a scene of desolation from a mountainous horizon. Mezzotint with etching.

The sinful state of mankind before the flood. Engraving by J. van Vianen after G. Hoet.

The flood: people are swept away by the water in the darkness with their possessions. Mezzotint by J.P. Quilley, 1828, after J.M.W. Turner.