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"The theory or system of several new inhabited worlds lately discovered and pleasantly describ'd in five nights conversation with Madam the Marchioness of **** / written in French by the famous Mons. Fontanelle; made English by Mrs. Behn."
Entretiens sur la pluralite des mondes.
Fontenelle, M. de 1657-1757.
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
Errors in paging: p. 81-96 repeated in numbering.
[2], 98 [i.e. 114] p.
London: Printed by W.O. for Sam. Briscoe ..., M.DCC. [1700]
Wing (2nd ed.) / F1418
English
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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