A discourse concerning a new world & another planet : In 2 bookes
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Type of record: Book
Title: A discourse concerning a new world & another planet : In 2 bookes
Classmark: Early Science 2 1640/WIL
Creator(s): Wilkins, John (1614-1672)
Publisher: Printed for Iohn Maynard
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1640
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 v in 1
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/240131
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991013394799705181
Description
Each vol. also has individual title page. Imprints vary slightly: vol. 1, Printed by Iohn Norton for Iohn Maynard; vol. 2, Printed by R.H. for Iohn Maynard.
Engraved title page.
Anon., by John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester.
Contents: [v. 1] The first book. The discovery of a new world. Or, A discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another habitable world in the moone. With a discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither. The third impression. Corrected and enlarged -- [v. 2] A discourse concerning a new planet. Tending to prove, that 'tis probable our earth is one of the planets. The second booke, now first published.
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