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1Author:  Maillet, Benoît de,1656-1738.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Nouveau système du monde, 1715-1724     
 Dates:  1715-1724 
 Abstract:  This three volume set is one of eight known manuscripts of Benoit De Maillet's Nouveau System du Monde. Although it is listed as being an extract, that designation only applies to the first eighty-two pages. The remaining three volumes are a complete version of the work, which may differ significantly from the printed version. This set came from Benjamin Franklin's private library.

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 Call #:  Mss.113.M28e 
 Extent:  3 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Natural history | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Manuscript Essays 
 Subjects:  Earth sciences. | Formations (Geology) | Marine biology. | Oceanography.