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 ..
A 1713 London treatise by the naturalist John Ray, printed for publisher William Innys, setting out theological arguments on creation, the Flood and the world's end for an educated English readership. The four pictures are woodcut head-pieces of ornamental scrollwork, with acanthus-like curls, shields, a fleur-de-lis and a radiant sun face, a vocabulary a designer could borrow for baroque cartouches and decorative frames.
