A discourse concerning a new world & another planet : in 2 bookes.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[London] :
Printed [by John Norton and R. Hearne] for Iohn Maynard, and are to be sold at the George, in Fleetstreet neare St. Dunstans Church,
1640.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | By John Wilkins. An expanded edition of: The discovery of a world in the moone. The general title page is engraved and signed: W. Marshall, sculpsit. "The first book· The discovery of a new world .. The third impression. Corrected and enlarged .. Printed by Iohn Norton" and "A discourse concerning a nevv planet .. Printed by R[ichard]. H[earne]." each have separate dated letterpress title page, pagination, and register. Richard Hearne's name from STC. ² P7 is a cancel (printed as 2a8). The cancellandum lacks the engraving on the verso. The final leaves to part 1 are [1] errata and [2-3] "The propositions that are proved in this discourse", signed "R2" (some copies signed "aa") and "aa2" respectively. With a final errata leaf. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([10], 242, [6]; [14], 246, [2] pages : illustrations (woodcuts, metal cut) |