WILKINS, JOHN. 1614-1672.The Discovery of a New World or, a Discourse Tending to Prove, That tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World in the Moone. London: John Norton for John Maynard, 1640. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. (160 x 102 mm). Additional engraved title by W. Marshall, engraved illustration on p 222 of part 2, numerous woodcut diagrams in text. 18th century calf, spine with 4 raised bands and morocco gilt lettering piece, marbled endpapers. Covers detached, front endpapers and first leaf (additional engraved title) separated from text block, top margins somewhat tightly trimmed, scattered browning and spotting. Provenance: Boies Penrose II (American travel writer and historian, 1902-1976, 2 bookplates). Third edition. Wilkins' bold assertions in his various editions of this book include the possibility that the moon might be inhabited, that humans might be able to find a way to travel there, and that the Earth might indeed be a planet. An Anglican clergyman and Bishop of Chester, Wilkins was a visionary polymath who remained well-respected in science and the clergy, despite his sometimes controversial writings. In addition to writing on mathematics, religious philosophy, and astronomy, he proposed a universal language, and a universal system of measurement that predated the metric system. ESTC S119973; Macclesfield 2125; Nicholson 93.
WILKINS, JOHN. 1614-1672.The Discovery of a New World or, a Discourse Tending to Prove, That tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World in the Moone. London: John Norton for John Maynard, 1640. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. (160 x 102 mm). Additional engraved title by W. Marshall, engraved illustration on p 222 of part 2, numerous woodcut diagrams in text. 18th century calf, spine with 4 raised bands and morocco gilt lettering piece, marbled endpapers. Covers detached, front endpapers and first leaf (additional engraved title) separated from text block, top margins somewhat tightly trimmed, scattered browning and spotting. Provenance: Boies Penrose II (American travel writer and historian, 1902-1976, 2 bookplates). Third edition. Wilkins' bold assertions in his various editions of this book include the possibility that the moon might be inhabited, that humans might be able to find a way to travel there, and that the Earth might indeed be a planet. An Anglican clergyman and Bishop of Chester, Wilkins was a visionary polymath who remained well-respected in science and the clergy, despite his sometimes controversial writings. In addition to writing on mathematics, religious philosophy, and astronomy, he proposed a universal language, and a universal system of measurement that predated the metric system. ESTC S119973; Macclesfield 2125; Nicholson 93.
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