A plurality of worlds : John Glanvill's translation / with a prologue by David Garnett

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

RA Collection: Book

Record number

10/4539

Author

Variant Title

Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes [English].

Imprint

[London]: Nonesuch Press, 1929

Physical Description

ix, [1], 138, [4] pages : illusatrations ; 21 cm.

General Note

At head of title: Bernard de Fontenelle.
Translation of: Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes.

References

Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press (1981)., p.65

Copy Note

“This edition of Fontenelle’s La Pluralite des Mondes in John Glanvill’s translation of 1688 consists of 1,200 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press, and 400 copies for sale in the United States by Random House. It has been designed by Francis Meynell, composed by T.W. Hay at the Nonesuch Press, and printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press. The colour-stencilled decorations are by T.L. Poulton; the remainder are composed of astronomical signs.”
Copy number 395 of an edition of 1,600.

Binding Note

Bound in limp vellum, lettered and stamped in gold. Deckle-edged paper. Top edge gilt. In original decorative card slipcase.

Subject

Illustrated books
Astronomy
Pochoir
Private press books (Publishing) - England - London

Contributors

John Glanvill, translator
Sir Francis Meynell, book designer
David Garnett, contributor
Tom Poulton, illustrator
Nonesuch Press (London), publisher
The Curwen Press, printer