Fontenelle, Bernard De

A plurality of worlds

[England]: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited to 1600 copies, 8vo, pp. x, 138, [2]; full vellum with gilt title on spine and gilt design on upper cover, t.e.g., color stencil illustrations by T. L. Poulton, discoloration to binding along spine, otherise a tight, bright copy in decorated slipcase. Originally published in 1686, this book was one of the first to explore scientific concepts in popular language, and one of the earliest to discuss the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Item #46920

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