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 3142160
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],160,[8],184p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . 8vo.. Provenance: manuscript inscription: Scarsdale [probably Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (1751-1837)]. Binding: Seventeenth-century full leather binding; blind tooled border; four raised bands; spine gilt ruled.
Makers and roles
John Wilkins, (1614 - 1672), Bishop of Chester