Fontenelle, M De (Bernard Le Bovier)Biblio.com
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1800009890Lyon France: Leroy 1800. Book. Very Good. Full Calf. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Originally published in 1686 Fontenelle's influential work on the plurality of worlds. Very Good in contemporary calf lacking the frontispiece the boards soiled and with light edge wear light internal toning. The fold-out brightly printed a small crease at fore edge else Fine. Leroy Hardcover
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1811RW1078Paris:: Bossange et Masson 1811. 1811. Sm. 8vo. xiv 392 pp. Fold-out engraved frontis. with a decorative design of the solar system including the planet "Herschell" a.k.a. Uranus half-title; light foxing. Original quarter tan calf marbled boards burgundy gilt-stamped spine label; spine head worn corners showing. Else very good. Bossange et Masson, 1811. hardcover
1818039260Paris: Menard et Desenne Fils 1818. Calf & Boards. Very Good. pp: iv xxiv 194 4; frontispiece portrait with tissue guard folding plate with tissue guard at rear depicting the solar system with Herschell Uranus as the eighth planet. Bound in calf-backed marbled boards; gilt spine rules devices and title; ends of joints barely started lacking the rear free endpaper. 6.75" x 3.75" This famous work first published in 1686 and arranged as six lectures given over the course of six evenings was "a lucid exposition of astronomy according to Copernicus and Descartes enlivened by speculations concerning life on other planets and elegantly presented in the form of after-dinner conversations with a Maraquise. It represents the first major attempt to present scientific knowledge to the layman in an attractive literary form and was highly successful." Penguin Companion to European Literature. Menard et Desenne, Fils unknown
170133569Amsterdam Pierre Mortier 1701. Small 8vo. Bound together in one cont full calf rubbed and tear to fronthinge not detached.14140 - 12159 pp. 2 engraved frontispieces. 1 large folded plate. second frontispiece cut close to edges and loose title beneath image cut but present <br/><br/><em>Oeuvres de Fontenelle tome II. </em> unknown
1698266792Paris: Michel Brunet 1698. Fourth edition. xx 297 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Polished contemporary calf spine in six compartments with raised bands. Wear to spine ends and corners contemporary manuscript notes to title-page. Fourth edition. xx 297 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A defence of the heliocentric model of the solar system one of the major early works of the Enlightenment. Michel Brunet unknown
17941202010009A Paris 1794. Leather Bound. Very Good. 12mo. A Paris III Annee Republicaine. viii 188pp. Fully bound in contemporary speckled calf. Minor scuffs to covers. Gilt decorated spine. Chipping to spine with minor loss to head and tail. A couple pin hole to bottom compartment. All edges red. Marbled end papers. A couple pin holes from worming in margin of interior pages. Otherwise pages are clean unmarked and in excellent condition. <br><br>Fontenelle's most famous work and is considered to be one of the first major works of the Age of Enlightenment. This book offered an explanation of the heliocentric model of the Universe suggested by Copernicus in his 1543 work De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.<br>Please feel free to view our pictures.<br>Ships daily. A Paris hardcover
38832Bossange et Tenon In-12 xvi- 410pp. reliure demi-cuir veau époque premier mors fendu illustr. planche dépliante en frontispice Nb-0130 unknown
38833Jean Mossy In-8 viii-362pp. reliure pleine basane de l'époque dos plat orné coiffes et coins frottés illustr. grande planche dépliante Bwx-07 unknown
178065727Paris France 1780. Hardcover. Very Good. CONS EW. A beautiful volume bound in sheepskin published in 1780. Gilt title and decoration on spine is still bright with moderate scuffing/damage. Moderate damage to top and bottom spine ends. Front cover has a single inch wide spot of damage possibly from a removed label. Text block is dark with age no signs of soiling or foxing. Binding is tight and holds. All pages intact along with inlaid map of the solar system. Additional photos provided upon request. hardcover
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1708RW1077London:: Jacob Tonson 1708. 1708. Sm. 8vo. ii l 2 209 1 pp. Original blind- and gilt-stamped calf later gilt-stamped black leather spine label raised bands; rebacked preserving original spine inner joints reinforced with brown cloth tape covers splitting at pp. 62-63 upper cover scratched. Embossed ownership stamps of S. G. Morten heraldic bearing: crowned eagle wings raised. Good. Early edition in English of the author's Nouveaux dialogues des morts. Fontenelle was one of the earliest authors of "popular science" texts. While not much of a researcher himself he found great success expounding the discoveries of his contemporaries in such a way that a broad audience could make sense of them. In his own time his popularity as an author among educated French society was second only to Voltaire and he was in fact "described by Voltaire as having the most universal mind produced by the era of Louis XIV" – Britannica. Fontenelle's Dialogues of the Dead was very popular at the time of its publication and the basic conceit of the book is still employed by authors today. In the work Fontenelle imagines dialogues between great minds of various eras such as the philosophers Socrates and Montaigne or the physicians Erasistratus and William Harvey. This allows the imagined speakers to present their views in a naturalistic way making them much more palatable to lay readers who might have difficulty sloughing through more scholarly works like On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals. ESTC T139460. Jacob Tonson, 1708. hardcover
16666London: printed for Jacob Tonson 1708. First edition of this translation. 8vo title li 209pp 1pp adverts. Engraved frontispiece. This copy lacks both boards amd the preliminary pages are foxed. On the plus side the text block is tightly bound making this suitable as a reading working or binding copy. London: printed for Jacob Tonson, 1708. hardcover
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