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Published by Forgotten Books, 2017
ISBN 10: 1333752210ISBN 13: 9781333752217
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. Excerpt from The Discovery of a World in the Moone. About the Publisher, Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item.
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Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015
ISBN 10: 1511868945ISBN 13: 9781511868945
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Published by Outlook Verlag, 2018
ISBN 10: 3732658988ISBN 13: 9783732658985
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Da Capo, New York, 1972
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: fine. A few illustrations. 209 pages + 4 pages, 16mo, red cloth. New York: Da Capo Press, (1972). A fine copy. Facsimile of the 1638 edition.
Published by Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 101861947XISBN 13: 9781018619477
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1638 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 248 Language: English.
Published by Reference Series Books LLC Sep 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 1443221112ISBN 13: 9781443221115
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Excerpt: .represent the Sea, and the brighter parts the Land. W h en I first compared the nature of our earth and water with those appearances in the Moone; I concluded contrary to the proposition, that the brighter parts represented the water, and the spots the land; of this opinion likewise was Keplar at the first; but my second thoughts, and the reading of others, Opt. Astro. c. 6. num. 9. Dissert. cum nuncio Gal. have now convinced me (as after he was) of the truth of that Proposition which I have now set downe. But before I come to the confirmation of it, I shall mention those scruples which at first made mee doubt of the truth of this opinion. 1. It may be objected, ¿tis probable, if there be any such sea and land as ours, that it bears some proportion and similitude with ours: but now this Proposition takes 106 away all likenesse betwixt them, for whereas the superficies of our earth is but the third part of the whole surface in the globe, two parts being overspread with the water (as Scaliger Exercit. 38. observes) yet here according to this opinion, the Sea should be lesse then the Land, since there is not so much of the bespotted, as ther is of the enlightened parts, wherefore ¿tis probable, that either there is no such thing at all, or else that the brighter parts are the Sea. 2. The water, by reason of the smoothnesse of its superficies, seemes better able to reflect the Sun beames then the earth, which in most places is so full of ruggednesse of grasse and trees, and such like impediments of reflection, and besides, cõmon experience shewes, that the water shines with a greater and more glorious brightnesse then the earth, therefore it should seeme that the spots are the earth, and the brighter parts the water. 107 But to the first it may be answered. 1. There is no great probability in this consequence, that because ¿tis so with us, therefore it must be so with the parts of the Moone, for since there is such a difference betwixt them in. 34 pp. Englisch.
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Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1640 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 534.
Published by Outlook Verlag, 2018
ISBN 10: 3732658996ISBN 13: 9783732658992
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1018615660ISBN 13: 9781018615660
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Published by Hildesheim ; New York : Olms, 1981
ISBN 10: 3487064456ISBN 13: 9783487064451
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 209 pages ; 16 cm. Subjects: Astronomy ; Early works to 1800. Moon ; Early works to 1800. Genre: Astronomy. Language: English. 1 Kg.
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Published by Da Capo, 1972
Seller: Bookstore Brengelman, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Publisher: Da Capo, Date of Publication: 1972, Binding: hardcover without DJ, Condition: As New.
Published by Printed By John Norton for John Maynard, 1640
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback, an attractive recent full-calf with decorative blind-stamping to boards, ornate gilt spine. 18cm x 11.5cm. 2 works bound into 1 volume. 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 Discourseconcerning the Possibility of a Passage Thinker.bound with.A Discourse Concerning a New Planet. Tending to Prove, That 'tis Probable our Earth is one of the Planets. Pp. 242, 246. An additional engraved pictorial title by W. Marshall (laid down), a letterpress title to first and second book. Several woodcut diagrams within the text. Errata to first book (R2) bound in after A2, C1 and C2 of first book misbound, lacks blank a1 to second part, Marginal damp-staining throughout, more so to first 50 pages. A few marginal manuscript annotations. A light pencil colour illustration to page 156 and plate opposite (see photo). An interesting read. Scarce. (bs33a).
Published by John Norton for John Maynard [with] R.H. for John Maynard, 1640
Seller: Sokol Books Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two works in one, FIRST EDITION of the second. 8vo. Pp. (x) 244 (iv); (xii) 246 (ii). Roman letter, text within double printed line borders, marginal notes in italic, separate title to each. General engraved frontispiece by William Marshall depicting Copernicus and Galileo beneath a chart of the solar system with the sun at its centre (Johnson 79), woodcut and printed astronomical diagrams throughout. Slight age yellowing, light browning, mostly marginal, to a few leaves. A good clean copy with generous margins in contemporary sheep, rebacked, wear at edges. These innovative works demonstrate a remarkable early interest in space exploration and alien life forms. The Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher and author John Wilkins (1614-1672) here presents a compelling argument for the alleged habitability of the moon, a possible way to travel through space to get there, and a second book discussing the discovery of a new planet. This is the best early edition, comprising the third edition of the first work corrected and enlarged , first printed at Oxford in 1638, and the first edition of the second. Bishop Wilkins was the first secretary and effective founder of the Royal Society, sometime Warden of Wadham, Master of Trinity and Bishop of Chester and everywhere a patron of learning and encourager of experimentation, whose protegés included Wren, Ward and Boyle. The second work is the first printed in England unequivocally to espouse the Copernican system of the universe in place of the Ptolemaic which was still then the official view and more than any other it was responsible for the acceptance in England of the new astronomical learning. In the first work Wilkins attempts to prove i. a. that the moon is a solid, compact, opaque body, generating no light of its own, with mountains, valleys, plains, lakes and seas (accounting for the lighter and darker areas as seen from Earth), that it has an atmosphere and that the Earth is its moon. In turn, he discusses, at some length, the possibility of there being some form of life there, an, printed for the first time in this impression, the possibility for some of our posterity to finde out a conveyance to this other world to have a commerce with them . This ed. Appears to be the first work in English where the mechanics of space are travel are considered; And how happy shall they be that are first successful in this attempt? , a charming rumination only answerable following the 1969 NASA moon landing. Both works are of interest also for their breadth of references to contemporary literature, more than thirty in each, of which nearly a dozen are new in the second work. (Wilkins) two books Discovery and Discourse were written for the common reader to make known and to defend the new astronomy of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo , Kenney 208. In the 1640 edition of the Discovery, Wilkins added the sensational idea that it might be possible to contrive a way of flying to the moon . DSB XIV 364. ESTC S119973; Lowndes VII 2922; Wellcome I 6742; Houzeau and Lancaster give C18 and 19th reprints only. L3605.