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Paris: Armand Pougin, Librarie, 1839. Nouvelle ed.. Hardback very small (13.6 x 9.0 cm), good plus condition, cross-hatched leather cover (gilt edges & elaborate spine decoration), spine name label, marbled endpapers, pages lightly toned, minor foxing, owner's written names. 173 pp. By the French man-of-letters (1657 - 1757), a member of the French Academy. A series of six essays on astronomy ("Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds"), ranging from First Night to Sixth Night.

E. Roger, 1719-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 161 p., [2] leaves of fold out plates : ill. ; 17 cm. Contemporary leather binding. Front board cracked at hinge. Minor marginal worming. <br><br> One of the first major works of the Age of Enlightenment. This book offered an explanation of the heliocentric model of the Universe, suggested by Copernicus in his 1543 work De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds.

Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1710. Book. Good. Hardback. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A good set of the two volumes in matching contemporary calf, gilt decoration to spines, these show some rubbing particularly Volume 2. Vol I with two colour title page with engraved city view, engraved frontispiece, 358pp. Vol II, Two colour title pages, 2 engraved frontispieces and a fold-out plate of the planets.140pp. + 159pp. Both volumes have early ink notes to rear endpapers relating to the volumes. Also both volumes bear the bookplate of "Fintray House Library". Fintray house is in Aberdeenshire and was home to the Forbes-Semptill family..

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Lyon, France: Leroy, 1800. Originally published in 1686, Fontenelle's influential work on the plurality of worlds. Very Good in contemporary calf, lacking the frontispiece, the boards soiled and with light edge wear, light internal toning. The fold-out brightly printed, a small crease at fore edge, else Fine. . New Edition. Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1711. relié . Bon étatDeCollection. A Londres aux dépens de Paul & Isaak Vaillant 1711, deux volumes, in/12, reliure de l'époque, dos à 5 nerfs, Tome I : Nouveaux dialogue des morts 1711, 206 pages ; 6p. de table - Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes 1710, 260 pages ; 3p. de table. Une gravure : planche dépliante. Tome II : Lettres galantes de monsieur le Chevalier d'Her*** 1711, 183 pages ; 10p. de table - Poésies pastorales - Discours sur la nature de l'Eglogue, 1711, 206 pages ; 10p. de table.