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Dante and the early astronomers (1913)

Evershed, M. A. (Orr) · London : Gall & Inglis · leaf 105

An illustration from Dante and the early astronomers, 1913, leaf 105
ng planets, swiftly movingthrough space; the crystal dome that tenderly coveredit like a bell-glass over some fragile flower, has lifted,and the vast sphere is seen, infinitely distant, andstudded with enormous stars. Man himself is now atiny creature on a great earth, and his world but oneamong… … * *# OB--

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy

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