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Nicolai Klimii iter Subterraneum Novem Telluris Theoriam by Ludvig Holberg 1st Ed
Authors: Ludvig Holberg (published anonymously)
Location: Hafniæ & Lipsiæ (Copenhagen & Leipzig)
Publisher: Sumpibus Jacobi Preussii (Jacob Preuss)
Date: 1741
Edition: First Edition
Features: Original Latin text. [Holberg, Ludvig]. Author's name not stated on title page. Nicolai Klimii iter Subterraneum Novem Telluris Theoriam ac Historiam Quintæ Monarchiæ Adhuc Incognitæ Exhibens e Bibliotheca B. Abelini (this Latin title being better known to English-language readers as: Niels Klim's Journey to the World Underground). Sumpibus Jacobi Preussii, Hafniæ & Lipsiæ. 1741. First edition. The first important use in fiction of Edmond Halley's theory that the earth (and other planets) consist of concentric nested spheres surrounding a small central sun. Our hero falls through the earth's crust into the earth's hollow interior where he finds a small sun and the planet, Nazar, circling it. He has adventures on Nazar with its nonhuman intelligent beings. Bound in Early vellum over boards with title hand-lettered on spine (the same binding as the Wollheim copy.) Frontispiece and three plates, one of which is a fold-out page. From the collection of Barry R. Levin, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature.
Book Condition: Very Good: Three former owners' small signatures on title page, one with short note dated 1812, old library stamp on title page, first page of text creased where fold-out plate faces it, a common fault, browning and foxing throughout as usual. The vellum shows the usual patina and dust soiling imparted by age.
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Authors: Ludvig Holberg (published anonymously)
Location: Hafniæ & Lipsiæ (Copenhagen & Leipzig)
Publisher: Sumpibus Jacobi Preussii (Jacob Preuss)
Date: 1741
Edition: First Edition
Features: Original Latin text. [Holberg, Ludvig]. Author's name not stated on title page. Nicolai Klimii iter Subterraneum Novem Telluris Theoriam ac Historiam Quintæ Monarchiæ Adhuc Incognitæ Exhibens e Bibliotheca B. Abelini (this Latin title being better known to English-language readers as: Niels Klim's Journey to the World Underground). Sumpibus Jacobi Preussii, Hafniæ & Lipsiæ. 1741. First edition. The first important use in fiction of Edmond Halley's theory that the earth (and other planets) consist of concentric nested spheres surrounding a small central sun. Our hero falls through the earth's crust into the earth's hollow interior where he finds a small sun and the planet, Nazar, circling it. He has adventures on Nazar with its nonhuman intelligent beings. Bound in Early vellum over boards with title hand-lettered on spine (the same binding as the Wollheim copy.) Frontispiece and three plates, one of which is a fold-out page. From the collection of Barry R. Levin, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature.
Book Condition: Very Good: Three former owners' small signatures on title page, one with short note dated 1812, old library stamp on title page, first page of text creased where fold-out plate faces it, a common fault, browning and foxing throughout as usual. The vellum shows the usual patina and dust soiling imparted by age.
HCX2642-1