![]() ![]() The final part is Kepler's translation of, and commentary on, Plutarch's fantasy on the face of the Moon (see Nicolson, pp. Second, its perceptive description of celestial motions as seen from the Moon produced an ingenious polemic on behalf of the Copernican system." - DSB. First, its fantasy framework of a voyage to the Moon made it a pioneering and remarkably prescient piece of science fiction. "The 'Dream' is a curiously interesting tract for two reasons. A virtually unobtainable edition of a highly important early imaginary voyage to the Moon. 1-182, title within typographical border, 6 woodcut diagrams in the text, woodcut head and tail pieces, modern full calf binding by Atelier Laurencet. Small quarto (196 x 151 mm), two parts in one volume: pp. ![]()
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