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The discovery of a world in the moone

Wilkins, John, 1614-1672 · 1638 · London : Printed by E.G. for Michael Sparke and Edward Forrest · 11 pictures

John Wilkins's 1638 London treatise arguing the moon is an inhabitable world, printed for booksellers Michael Sparke and Edward Forrest and aimed at educated readers of the new astronomy. The single woodcut pairs a radiant human-faced sun with lettered spheres and ruled sightlines, offering an emblematic sun head, dotted ray geometry, and diagram labels for reuse.

Astronomy

Internet Archive · University of Connecticut Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0