FONTENELLE [Bernard Le Bovier De] - Oeuvres Diverses de M. de Fontenelle, De l'Académie Françoise....

FONTENELLE [Bernard Le Bovier De] - Oeuvres Diverses de M. de Fontenelle, De l'Académie Françoise. Nouvelle edition, corrigée & augmentée. Vol. 1. A Amsterdam 1742. aux dépens de la Compagnie.8, pp. [12], 537 [is erroneously 437], [7], plate 4. bound in period leather.
Rubbing of the covers, taped tear of one plate, otherwise good condition. Single volume of the works of B. Fontenelle (1657-1757) - French philosopher, writer, religious scholar and popularizer of science. Contains, among other things, the treatise "Entretiens sur la pluralitè des mondes" (in Polish it was published as "Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds"), in which he lectures on the theory of Copernicus and the philosophy of Descartes, and conducts a consideration of the possibility of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations. The text is illustrated with a fold-out copperplate showing the Copernican planetary system.