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2026rif. x-0198991916Oxford Univ Pr 2026. Hardcover. New. 368 pages. 6.93x1.10x9.92 inches. Oxford Univ Pr hardcover
1929rif. 13193London: Nonesuch Press 1929. John Glanvill’s 1688 translation with a prologue by David Garnett. 8 pochoir illustrations by T.L. Poulton. Decorated title index and colophon. No. 547 of 1600 copies. Designed by Francis Meynell and handset in Jenson by T.W. Hay printed by the Curwen Press on Van Gelder cream laid paper. Pp. x 140. 8vo. original full limp vellum with leather thongs with arrangement of astrological signs in gilt on upper cover spine lettered in gilt t.e.g others uncut. Housed in original gilt and green paper covered slipcase. Spine very slightly darkened otherwise a good clean copy in a mildly worn slipcase.Fontenelle’s ‘Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes’ offered an explanation of Copernicus’s heliocentric model of the universe. Meynell provided an exquisite edition with astrological decorations and pochoir illustrations. Ownership inscription of Roger Senhouse dated in the year of publication. Senhouse 1899-1970 was an English publisher and translator and on the edges of the Bloomsbury Group. At the time of publication of this book he was Lytton Strachey’s lover.Nonesuch 65. “a little peach of a book” Francis Meynell - Roger Senhouse’s copy Nonesuch Press hardcover
rif. 62848Kiøbenhavn Trykt hos N. Møller 1764. 8vo. I samtidigt hellæderbind med forgyldt titel og ornamentik på ryg og rødt snit. Udvendig med en smule slitage indvendig sporadisk brunplettet. Titel-blad beskåret i nedre margin uden tab af tekst. Tidligere ejernavne på forsatsblade. 1-335 pp. med 14 træsnit af planetbaner månefaser og andre astrologiske fænomener i teksten. Andet oplag af den danske oversættelse af Fontenelle's "Entretiens sur la pluralité des Mondes". unknown
rif. 121614London The Nonesuch Press 1929. . Number 1030 of 1600 limited edition copies printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press; 8vo 21 x 13.5 cm; numbered in pen to limitation page colour-stencilled decorations by T.L. Poulton; publisher's japanese vellum gilt device to upper cover spine lettered in gilt top-edge gilt others uncut small stain to rear cover housed in the original paper-covered card slipcase printed in gold on a blue-green ground a lovely example; ix 1 138 2pp. An excellent example of the Nonesuch Press edition of this important Enlightenment work by the French philosopher Bernard de Fontenelle here appearing in English translation with colour-stencilled illustrations by T.L. Poulton. The text popularised the theory of cosmic pluralism derived from Descartes and Copernicus that there are other planets in addition to Earth which could harbour life. [London], The Nonesuch Press, 1929. hardcover
rif. 44029PARIS LIBRAIRIE ENCYCLOPEDIQUE DE RORET 1851. NEW EDITION. HALF TITLE 8 FOLDING PLATES OF DISTILLATION CONTEMPORARY MARBLED BOARDS REBACKED IN HALF MOROCCO. 12mo. A VERY NICE COPY. SCARCE. PARIS, LIBRAIRIE ENCYCLOPEDIQUE DE RORET, 1851 hardcover
1793rif. 62726Dijon Imprimerie de P Causse An 2 1793. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Wear to extremities. Ex-libris pasted down to pasted down front end-paper and previous owner's name to front free end-paper. First and last leaves with light browning and a small stain to upper margin but generally internally nice and clean. 4 291 pp. unknown
rif. 1h16594Libraires Associes Paris 1766 477 S. Leder Einbandkante mit kleiner Ausbruchstelle/ berieben/ etwas fleckig und gebräunt. unknown
1929rif. 030848London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Book. Illus. by T.L. Poulton. Near Fine. Soft cover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full vellum wraps gilt bottom front cover bumped faintly soiled. Limited edition 814 of 1200. Pages uncut. Interior crisp and clean. Translated from French by John Glanvill. This book of philosophy for women masquerades as fiction. The Nonesuch Press Paperback
1727rif. 59036Paris L'Imprimerie Royale 1727. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. A small nick in leather at upper compartmen. Light wear to foot of spine. 26548 pp. 1 folded engraved plate. Clean and fine. The offered item includes the entire volume of "Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences. Années MDCCXXV. Paris L'Imprimerie Royale 1727" of which the memoir of Fontenelle is printed as a "suite". With the engraved frontispiece. 61543542 pp. 14 partly folded engraved plates. Original papers by: Maraldi Petit Nicole Winslow du Fay Pitot Delisle d'Aine Geoffroy le Cadet Reaumur Nicole Cassini de Mairan Saurin de Lagny Fizes. First edition. "In 1727 as a "Suite des mémoires de l’Académie royale des sciences" he published the Élémens de la géométrie de l’infini. Some doubted whether it was really the work of a mathematician but the author believed it was and attached great value to it. He had worked on it for a long time probably since the period of his preface to the Analyse des infiniment petits. The term élémens is to be understood in the sense of "first principles." According to Fontenelle none of the geometers who had invented or employed the calculus of infinity had given a general theory of it; that is what he proposed to do. The work is divided into a preface relating the history of this branch of calculus and into two main parts: "Système général de l’infini" and "Différentes applications ou remarques." The author discusses "the infinite in series or in progressions of numbers" and then examines "the infinite in straight and curved lines" in the words of the Abbé Terrasson who reviewed the work in the Journal des sçavans July-October 1728." There was a great deal of discussion in the scientific community about this work in which mathematicians found numerous paradoxes. Johann I Bernoulli for example in his correspondence with Fontenelle allowed his criticisms to show through his praise: he did not understand what was meant by finis indéterminables. Fontenelle attempted to defend his theory and above all his distinction between metaphysical infinity and geometric infinity: one must ignore the metaphysical difficulties in order to further geometry and the finis indéterminables ought to be considered "as a type of hypothesis necessary until now in order to explain several phenomena of the calculus" letter to Johann I Bernoulli 29 June 1729. "The orders of infinite and indeterminable quantities like the magnitudes that they represent are only purely relative entities hypothetical and auxiliary. The subject matter of mathematics is only ideal" according to the terms of a "Projet de rapport" of Dortous de Mairan to the Academy on this work." DSB. hardcover
1769rif. 59212No Place No Publisher 1769. Contemp. boards. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear along edges and spine-ends. Scattered brownspots. hardcover
1684rif. 010110A Paris : Chez C. Blageart 1684. Book measures 16x9.5.cm. 82692pp. Signatures A-Yp8-4s Zp4s. Bound in period full calf mottled boards raised bands ornate gilt tooling red leather title label. Calf rubbed wear loss on edges head and tail of spine. Although the binding is worn boards are holding firm. Internally heavy browning to first and last 8 leaves. Pages in good clean condition. A good copy in an attractive period binding. . First Edition. Full Calf. Near Very Good. Small 8vo. A Paris : Chez C. Blageart Hardcover
1764rif. 57289Kiøbenhavn Trykt hos N. Møller 1764. 8vo. I samtidigt hellæderbind med forgyldt titel og ornamentik på ryg og blågrønt snit. Lille papirmerkat påklistret ryggen. Udvendig med en smule slitage ellers pænt eksemplar. 1-335 pp. med 14 træsnit af planetbaner månefaser og andre astrologiske fænomener i teksten. Andet oplag af den danske oversættelse af Fontenelle's "Entretiens sur la pluralité des Mondes" unknown
1727rif. 171224to. Cont. full calf. 5 raised bands and richly gilt compartments. Faint scratches on covers. Corners and edges a little rubbed. 2 small holes in leather at sides of upper compartment. 26548 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate. Engraved vignette. On good paper. First edition of the well-known French philosopher and mathematician's main mathematical work. Fontenelle author of "The Plurality of Worlds" claims here that Geometry is entirely intellectual and independent of the actual decription and existence of figures following more the conceptions of Descartes than those of Newton. hardcover
1727rif. 35645La Haye P. Gosse & J. Neaulme 1727. Small8vo. Contemporary full calf. Covers with large gilt arms with lions. Gilt back in 6 compartments. A few small nicks to covers. 12180 pp. Some browning to leaves. unknown
1727rif. 2790Nouvelle Edition revue & corrigée par l'Aute ur. A la HayeP.Gosse & J.Neaulme1727. Cont.fu11 calf. Gi1t ba ck. Coat of arms in gold on both sides. 12180 pp. unknown
1701rif. 33569Amsterdam Pierre Mortier 1701. Small 8vo. Bound together in one cont full calf rubbed and tear to fronthinge not detached.14140 - 12159 pp. 2 engraved frontispieces. 1 large folded plate. second frontispiece cut close to edges and loose title beneath image cut but present Oeuvres de Fontenelle tome II. unknown
1702rif. 44534Paris Jean Boudot 1702. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences". Année 1699. With the fine engraved frontispiece and the titlepage to the volume. 22 pp. Stamped in blind on the 2 first leaves in margins. First appearance of Fontenelle's famous program for the philosophy of science of the Enlightment stipulating the nature of scientific research in terms of the analytical geometry."From 1699 to 1740 Fontenelle devoted himself almost exclusively to his task of editing the Histoire de l’Académie royale des sciences . . . avec les mémoires de mathématique et de physique pour la même année tirés des registres de cette Académie. The volume for the year 1699 which appeared in 1702 opens with an untitled preface usually called "Préface sometimes "Discours préliminaire" sur l’utilitë des mathématiques et de la physique et sur les travaux de l’Académie the paper offered which contains essential material on the philosophy of science and is a sort of bridge between Descartes’s Discours de la méthode and Claude Bernard’s Introduction à l’étude de la médecine expérimentale. Here one finds the first literary expression of the idea of the interdependence of the sciences and of the constancy of the laws of nature." unknown
1760rif. 18137Senere papiromsl. m. papirtitelfelt på forperm. Enkelte brune pletter. Første danske udgave. Bibl.Dan. IV:398. unknown
1790rif. 3002018Paris: Jean-Francois Bastien 1790. One or two joints slightly weak. Eight volumes octavo engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 1 and a folding plate in vol. 2; a fine set in contemporary French polished marbled calf; flat spines ornately gilt with double red labels. A very attractive set of Fontenelle's works including his enormously popular Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes: this utopian analysis of the universe took Europe by storm and was precursor and inspiration to scores of imitations. It was first published in 1686 and first translated into English by Aphra Behn only two years later. Although the Entretiens clearly owes a tremendous debt to the astronomical traditions of Galileo and Brahe Fontenelle's sensational tale of the inhabitants in "other planets in other galaxies and even on comets could hardly fail to captivate" Nina Rattner Gelbart Introduction to the Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds. In the form of an elegant dialogue between a scientist and a Marquise it takes as its starting point that "Toute la philosophie n'est fondée sur deux choses: sur ce qu'on a l'esprit curieux et les yeux mauvais": that is that if we had a perfect understanding we would not need science because all would be spontaneously revealed. Meant as a quick summation of scientific discovery but also as pure speculation on the possibilities of the universe it suggests that as it has taken six millennia for Europeans to cross the Atlantic Ocean to America it may take a little longer for the inhabitants of other worlds to cross the far greater expanses of space. This set also includes "Dialogues des Morts anciens" and "Histoire des Oracles" works which exemplify Fontenelle's desire to propagate philosophical thinking. Voltaire described Fontenelle as having the most universal mind produced by the era of Louis XIV. . Jean-Francois Bastien unknown
1991rif. BN472096Frankfurt am Main. Eichborn Verlag 1991. 1991. Totengespräche. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt kommentiert und mit Dossier und Nachwort versehen von Hans-Horst Henschen. Totengespräche. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt kommentiert und mit Dossier und Nachwort versehen von Hans-Horst Henschen. Fontenelle Bernard de Frankfurt am Main. Eichborn Verlag unknown
1997rif. BN698795Tübingen : Niemeyer 1997. 1997. Turning a bilingual dictionary into a lexical semantic database. =Lexicographica : . Series maior. Turning a bilingual dictionary into a lexical semantic database. =Lexicographica : . Series maior. Thierry Fontenelle Tübingen : Niemeyer unknown
2025rif. BN707091Antigonos Verlag 2025. 2025. Softcover. Nouveau manuel complet du distillateur liquoriste Nouveau manuel complet du distillateur liquoriste Jean Sébastien Lebeaud et Julia De Fontenelle Antigonos Verlag paperback
2016rif. BTR-0010027Niterói: Editora Impetus 2016. Good. Condition not individually assessed. Graded conservatively; from a bulk return. Photographs available on request. Editora Impetus unknown
1715rif. 1008F35London: A. Bettesworth; E. Curll 1715 . First edition. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. The very scarce first William Gardiner English language translation of Fontenelle's important early work of astronomy which speculates on the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. First published in French in 1686 this is the very scarce first English language translation of this work from William Gardiner.Illustrated with a frontispiece.ESTC T137582A6 B-I12. Collated complete.Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle expresses support for cosmic pluralism and discusses the topic of astrobiology in this work while also speculating on the existence of Venusians as a species of extra-terrestrial life.It helped popularise the theories of Rene Descartes and Nicolas Copernicus taught through constructive conversations between a philosopher and a Marquise. In a full calf binding. Loss to back strip tail. Joints starting rear board firmly held and front board just a touch tender. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type but generally clean and bright with the odd handling mark and light tide marks to perimeters of six leaves towards the rear. Good A. Bettesworth; E. Curll hardcover
1746rif. 56266Leipzig 1746. Liten 8vo. Noe senere grønt papirbind. Enkel gulldekor på ryggen. Tittelblad trykt i rødt og svart. 12 180 s. Cez Jean Theophile Crull Fransk. unknown
