FONTENELLE, Bernard le Boyer de Fontenelle dit. Entretiens s - Lot 113

FONTENELLE, Bernard le Boyer de Fontenelle dit. Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes, followed by dialogues des morts. Published in Paris by A. Hiard in 1831. 2 volumes in 1 volume, format In douze / In-12. Long-grained emerald-green half-maroquin, ribbed spine with gilded scroll, gilded compartments with romantic irons and decorations, speckled edges. 1 f.n.ch., 218 pages, 1 f.n.ch. of tables, 255 pages, 1 folding frontispiece plate. Binding rubbed, spine uniformly oiled, scattered foxing. Interesting double edition, comprising on the one hand the Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes, a resolutely scientific work, and on the other, the Dialogues des morts, a text bordering on philosophy and inspired by Lucien de Samosate's Dialogues des morts. Copy complete with folding plate depicting the planets of the solar system.