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A discourse concerning a new world & another planet : in 2 bookes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilkins, John, 1614-1672
Corporate Author: English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Other Authors: Norton, John, -approximately 1640 (Printer), Hearne, Richard (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [London] : Printed for Iohn Maynard ..., 1640.
Subjects:
Astronomy > Early works to 1800.
Astronomy.
Early works.
Description
Item Description:Enlarged edition of John Wilkins's The discovery of a world in the moone. Cf. STC.
Engraved collective title page.
Each volume has special title page At head of title of volume 1: The first book.
Volume 1: Printed by Iohn Norton; volume 2: Printed by R.H. [i.e. Richard Hearne].
Volume 1: [16], 242 pages; volume 2: [12], 246, [2] pages.
Errata on last preliminary leaf of volume 1 and last leaf of volume 2.
The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy lacks the collective title page.
Physical Description:2 volumes in 1 : illustrations ; 18 cm. (octavo)
Place of Publication:England -- London.