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Astronomy.- Wilkins (John) A Discovery of a New World, fifth edition, 2 parts in 1, woodcut diagrams, some faint toning, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original back-strip laid down, [Wing 2186], 8vo, by J. Rawlins for John Gellibrand, 1684.

⁂ The first work and first printed book in English to give serious consideration to space travel. ESTC does not call for either a portrait frontispiece or additional engraved title, as in the fourth edition.

Description

Astronomy.- Wilkins (John) A Discovery of a New World, fifth edition, 2 parts in 1, woodcut diagrams, some faint toning, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original back-strip laid down, [Wing 2186], 8vo, by J. Rawlins for John Gellibrand, 1684.

⁂ The first work and first printed book in English to give serious consideration to space travel. ESTC does not call for either a portrait frontispiece or additional engraved title, as in the fourth edition.

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