![]() 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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