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L'Homme dans la Lune : ou, Le Voyage Chimerique fait au Monde de la Lune, nouuellement découuert par Dominique Gonzales, Aduanturier Espagnol, autremét dit Le Covrrier Volant : Mis en nostre Langue, Par I B D
by Gonzales, Dominique [pseudonym of Francis Godwin]; translated by Jean Baudoin
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Madrid: Asociación Española de Astronáutica. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Reprint. Hardcover. Cigarette burn on page 121/122, otherwise slight wear. Crisp hardcove.; French language. Facsimile of 1648 edition, Paris: Chez Francois Piot et chez I Gvignard. French translation of Francis Godwin's The Man in the Moone, published after his death in 1638. Facsimile published on the occasion of the convening in Madrid of the 17th Congreso Internacional de Astronáutica, 1966, with four page Spanish language introductory text. "Very important historically, both in the English version and the French translation, as a work familiar to almost all subsequent early writers of lunar voyages. It is still enjoyable reading." - Everett F Bleiler; Science-Fiction: The Early Years; 898. An attractive facsimile of this classic moon travel fantasy. ; [xiv], 176 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mike's Library
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15681
- Title
- L'Homme dans la Lune : ou, Le Voyage Chimerique fait au Monde de la Lune, nouuellement découuert par Dominique Gonzales, Aduanturier Espagnol, autremét dit Le Covrrier Volant : Mis en nostre Langue, Par I B D
- Author
- Gonzales, Dominique [pseudonym of Francis Godwin]; translated by Jean Baudoin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Asociación Española de Astronáutica
- Place of Publication
- Madrid
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Voyages - Imaginary, Voyages Imaginaire, Space Travel - Fiction, Moon - Description and Travel - Fiction, Lunar Voyages, Bleiler SFTEY 898
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Mike's Library
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Facsimile
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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