M. de FONTENELLE, "Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds. By M. de Fontenelle. A new translation from the last edition of the French, with great additions… The Second Edition. By a Gentleman of the Inner-Temple”, London, Printed for T. Caslon 1767. 8vo, pp.lxiv,401. Complete with 4 folding plates. Modern half leather. In extremely fine condition. A popular account of the systems of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe in dialogue form. “The book itself is presented as a series of conversations between a gallant philosopher and a marquise, who walk in the latter’s garden at night and gaze at stars. The philosopher explains the heliocentric model and also muses on the possibility of extraterrestrial life” [Wikipedia]. An early, important and scarce edition of this classic work.