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A discourse concerning a new world & another planet : in 2 bookes.

Author/creator	Wilkins, John, 1614-1672
Other author/creator	Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[London] : Printed [by John Norton and R. Hearne] for Iohn Maynard, & are to be sold at the George, in Fleetstreet neare St. Dunstans Church, 1640.
Description	[10], 242, [6]; [14], 246, [2] p. : ill. (woodcuts, metal cut)
Supplemental Content	https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240941668
Subject(s)	Astronomy--Early works to 1800. Life on other planets--Early works to 1800. Plurality of worlds--Early works to 1800. Moon--Early works to 1800. Earth--Early works to 1800.

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Uniform title	Discovery of a world in the moone
Variant title	Discovery of a world in the moone.
Variant title	First book· The discovery of a new world.
Variant title	Discourse concerning a nevv planet.
Variant title	Discourse concerning a new planet.
Series	Early English books online. ^A888680
General note	By John Wilkins.
General note	An expanded edition of: The discovery of a world in the moone.
General note	The general title page is engraved and signed: W. Marshall, sculpsit.
General note	"The first book· The discovery of a new world .. The third impression. Corrected and enlarged .. Printed by Iohn Norton" and "A discourse concerning a nevv planet .. Printed by R[ichard]. H[earne]." each have separate dated letterpress title page, pagination, and register.
General note	Richard Hearne's name from STC.
General note	² P7 is a cancel (printed as 2a8). The cancellandum lacks the engraving on the verso.
General note	The final leaves to part 1 are [1] errata and [2-3] "The propositions that are proved in this discourse", signed "R2" (some copies signed "aa") and "aa2" respectively.
General note	With a final errata leaf.
General note	Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
References	STC (2nd ed.) 25641.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1016:20)
Stock number	CL0036000027 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218

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