A VOYAGE TO THE WORLD OF CARTESIUS. Written Originally in French, and now Translated into English.
Published by LONDON printed and sold by THOMAS BENNET at the Half Moon in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1692
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Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United KingdomRoger Middleton P.B.F.A.
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FIRST ENGLISH EDITION 1692 Translated from the original French edition (Voyage du Monde de Descartes first published in 1690), by T. Taylor. 8vo, approximately 185 x 115 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, 16 small woodcut images and diagrams in the text, pages: [16], 1-298, [6]- with advert and errata on A8, bound in full contemporay panelled calf, rebacked at sometime with old spine relaid, gilt rules between raised bands and date to spine, endpapers replaced, no title to spine. Rubbing to spine and corners affecting gilt, Tips of 2 lower corners of covers repaired, crack to lower hinge, cover still firmly attached, repair to top margin of title page, tip of lower corner of A3 repaired, not affecting text, pale scattered age-browning through out, heavier at front and rear, name of D. Defoe in ink and a small ink stain to title page, tips of corners missing on final free endpaper, small ink correction to margin of page 45, inner paper front hinge beginning to crack, inner hinge of lower cover strengthened with paper, a good copy only. Gabriel Daniel (1649-1728) born in Rouen, was a French Jesuit scholar, author of books on history, philosophy and religion. In this book, called a "romance" by the translator and sometimes classed as science fiction, he visits the moon and explores the cosmos of rotating vortices hypothesized by Descartes circa 1640, a cosmos recently confirmed by studies of the origins of the solar system, of spiral galaxies, and of accretion disks around black holes. Pere Daniel's efforts are directed to satirising the Cartesian system and theories. See: Voyages in Space by George Locke, page 12, No. 006; ESTC R5098. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. Postage at cost and all parcels sent fully tracked and fully insured.…
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- Title
- A VOYAGE TO THE WORLD OF CARTESIUS. Written Originally in French, and now Translated into English.
- Author
- DANIEL, Gabriel.
- Publisher
- LONDON printed and sold by THOMAS BENNET at the Half Moon in S. Paul's Church-Yard
- Publication year
- 1692
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Roger Middleton P.B.F.A.
Oxford, United Kingdom
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