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LOT 1613
General Books - Fontenelle - Entretiens sur la Pluralite des Mondes
PARIS, 1818 A.D.
5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (138 grams, 14 x 9.5 cm).
De Fontenelle - Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes - Paris, 1818, hardback, 194 pp, fold-out chart of the solar system, engraved frontispiece.
Provenance
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 1613
General Books - Fontenelle - Entretiens sur la Pluralite des Mondes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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