Twelve Catholic Men of Science by Windle, Bertram - 1923

London: Catholic Truth Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, library stamps and markings. "Seminarium S. S. Nominis". Previous owner's signature dated 1931 "John G. Bradley / Remuera". Spine faded and with vertical crease. Small 1/4" splits to cloth at ends of spine. ; vii, [1], 252 pages + 12 plates (including frontispiece). Red cloth boards. Page dimensions: 185 x 120mm. "The object of these biographies is to demonstrate the fact, unknown apparently to many critics of the Church, that there are numerous stars of science (and many more than this series includes) who were also devout Catholics, and found no difficulty in maintaining both positions simultaneously." - from the Preface. With twelve biographical chapters on: Thomas Linacre; Andrea Vesalius; Nicolaus Stensen; Aloisio Galvani; René Théophile Laennec; Johannes Müller; Sir Dominic Corrigan; Angelo Secchi, S.J.; Johann Gregor Mendel; Louis Pasteur; Albert De Lapparent; and Thomas Dwight. .