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Philosophisk Beviis paa den Christelige Religions Sandhed, (...) efter en Mathematisk Læremaade.
Kjøbenhavn, Waysenhuses Bogtrykkeri, 1742. 8vo. Bound in a nice Cambridge-style mirror binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Binding with light wear and scratches. A few annotations to verso of front board. Internally a few leaves with dampstain in upper inner margin, but generally a nice copy. (8), 229, (3) pp.
Rare first Danish translation of Knutzen’s highly popular work in natural theology originally published under the title “Philosophischer Beweis von der Wahrheit der christlichen Religion” in 1740, a work that was directed primarily against English deists and went through five editions before 1763. Martin Knutzen (1713 - 1751) was a German philosopher and teacher of Immanuel Kant to whom he introduced the physics of Isaac Newton. Biblioteca Danica I, 178.
