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Title | Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds |
Author | De Fontenelle, Bernard |
Asset Number | 00531 |
Publisher | Albion Press |
ISBN | |
Published Date | 1808 |
Edition | 1 |
Printing | 1 |
Description | Miniature book. Half leather. Bindings and boards tight. One loose page - frontispiece with protrait.
In this dramatic and entertaining dialogue, Fontenelle explained Cartesian philosophy and cosmology and argued for the existence of life on other worlds. He justified a popular writing style by encouraging women and men to engage in pleasant evening conversation together on scientific topics. |
Category | General Science |
Epoch | Pre 1840 |
Date Acquired | 26/07/2022 |
Condition | (3) Good |