Huygens (Christian). The Celestial Worlds discover'd: or, Conjectures concerning the Inhabitants, Plants and Productions of the Worlds in the Planets, 1st edition in English, for Timothy Childe, 1698, A3 B1-L8, 5 engraved plates (4 folding), a few minor spots, later panelled calf, spine a little rubbed with neat repairs, 8vo (Qty: 1) Provenance: William Wilberforce (1759-1833), abolitionist (his bookplate). ESTC R5990; Wing H3859. First published in Latin under the title Cosmotheoros earlier the same year. Huygens was one of the first scientists to speculate on the possibility of extraterrestrial life on other planets in the solar system, concluding that the flora and fana of other planets would be similar to those of the earth and that the presence of liquid water was essential for life.
Huygens (Christian). The Celestial Worlds discover'd: or, Conjectures concerning the Inhabitants, Plants and Productions of the Worlds in the Planets, 1st edition in English, for Timothy Childe, 1698, A3 B1-L8, 5 engraved plates (4 folding), a few minor spots, later panelled calf, spine a little rubbed with neat repairs, 8vo (Qty: 1) Provenance: William Wilberforce (1759-1833), abolitionist (his bookplate). ESTC R5990; Wing H3859. First published in Latin under the title Cosmotheoros earlier the same year. Huygens was one of the first scientists to speculate on the possibility of extraterrestrial life on other planets in the solar system, concluding that the flora and fana of other planets would be similar to those of the earth and that the presence of liquid water was essential for life.
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