Other Worlds Than Ours: The Plurality of Worlds Studied Under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Hardcover. "Authorized edition." 334 p., color frontispiece and 4 additional leaves of color plates: many in-text black-and-white illustrations; 20 cm. Half morocco with gilt-tooled spine title. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. The author, Richard A. Proctor (1837-1888), was an English astronomer who produced one of the earliest maps of Mars; he was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. In this book, he considers the possibility of life on Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn. In Very Good- Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at both ends of spine and corners; pages and plates are clean and tight. Very Good -. Item #003785
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