Roget, Peter Mark

Animal and Vegetable Physiology: Considered With Reference to Natural Theology [2 Volumes]

London: William Pickering, 1834. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good. Item #015917

The Bridgewater Treatises V on the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God Manifested in the Creation. half- calf over gray boards, xxxvii, 589pp [erata on verso of last page]; vii, 661pp. With 463 illustrated figures. Light foxing throughout, corners and outer edges rounded with wear, some soiling and wear on calf, else very good. Fusing theology, science and natural creation. Roget [18 January 1779 - 12 September 1869] was a British physician, natural theologian, lexicographer, and founding secretary of The Portico Library. He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a classified collection of related words (thesaurus).

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