A discovery of a new vvorld, . or, A discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another habitable world in the moon. With a discourse concerning the probability of a passage thither. Unto which is added, A discourse concerning a new planet. Tending to prove that 'tis probable our Earth is one of the planets. In two parts. By John Wilkins, late Lord Bishop of Chester.
John Wilkins, (1614 - 1672), Bishop of Chester
Category
Books
Date
1684
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3142159
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],160,[8],184p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . 8vo.. Provenance: manuscript inscription: "Nathl. Curzon" [unsure which]; Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Seventeenth-century full mottled leather binding; double blind fillet border; four raised bands; spine blind ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "Wilkins New World".
Makers and roles
John Wilkins, (1614 - 1672), Bishop of Chester