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| Title | Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds | 
| Author | De Fontenelle, Bernard | 
| Asset Number | 00531 | 
| Publisher | Albion Press | 
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| 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 | 
