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THE MOON.:2 titles:
1. WILKINS, JOHN. 1614-1672. A Discovery of a New World … \’tis Probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon London: J. Rawlins for John Gellibrand, 1684. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (172 x 112 mm). Woodcut illustrations in text. Modern calf. Front blank heavily browned and chipped, corners chipped on first several leaves, browning and spotting throughout.
Fifth edition, \”Corrected and Amended.\” Wilkins\’ bold assertions in his various editions of this book include the possibility that the moon might be inhabited, that humans might be able to find a way to travel there, and that the Earth might indeed be a planet. An Anglican clergyman and Bishop of Chester, Wilkins was a visionary polymath who served as both Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He remained well-respected in science and the clergy, despite his sometimes controversial writings. In addition to writing on mathematics, religious philosophy, and astronomy, he proposed a universal language, and a universal system of measurement that predated the metric system. ESTC R22749; Wing 2186.
2. NASMYTH, JAMES HALL. 1808-1890; and JAMES CARPENTER. 1840-1899. The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite…. London: John Murray, 1874. 4to (280 x 220 mm). Lithographic frontispiece, and 23 plates. Publisher\’s blue cloth, rebacked retaining original spine and covers. Shaken, corners and edges bumped, slight warping to pages, fingermarks and spotting.
FIRST EDITION. The authors sculpted detailed models of the lunar surface as observed through telescopes, and then photographed them to create images of the moon that could not otherwise be taken using existing techniques of telescopic photography at the time. Truthful Lens 125.
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