[NONESUCH PRESS]; FONTENELLE, Bernard de.
A Plurality of Worlds.
A Plurality of Worlds.
Stock Code 121614
[London], The Nonesuch Press, 1929.
The text popularised the theory of cosmic pluralism, derived from Descartes and Copernicus, that there are other planets in addition to Earth which could harbour life.
Number 1030 of 1600 limited edition copies printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press; 8vo (21 x 13.5 cm); numbered in pen to limitation page, colour-stencilled decorations by T.L. Poulton; publisher's japanese vellum, gilt device to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, top-edge gilt, others uncut, small stain to rear cover, housed in the original paper-covered card slipcase printed in gold on a blue-green ground, a lovely example; ix, [1], 138, [2]pp.
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