[NONESUCH PRESS]; FONTENELLE, Bernard de.
A Plurality of Worlds.
[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.
Stock code 121614
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A Plurality of Worlds.
XENOPHON; FIELDING, Sarah (translator).
Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
1762.
A handsomely bound first edition of Sarah Fielding's translation of Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
£1,250.00
WOTTON, William; BENTLEY, Richard.
Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning...
1697.
The second edition, much expanded of William Wotton's Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning, bound with Richard Bentley's Dissertation for the first time
£750.00
TYRTAEUS; MOOR, James (editor).
Spartan Lessons;
1759.
The first Foulis Press edition of Tyrtaeus' panegyric on martial spirit, Spartan Lessons, edited by the classicist James Moor
£1,500.00
CICERO; [DAVID, Henry (translator)].
Thoughts of Cicero,
1750.
The first trilingual edition in English, French, and Latin of this collection of Cicero's thoughts on religion, law and philosophy
£450.00
