1864 – Camille Flammarion Plurality Of Worlds + Handwritten Letter And Despatch

The Plurality of Inhabited Worlds,
Second Edition 1864 by Camille Flammarion (1842 – 1925) great French astronomer and spiritualist adept at turning table seances as well as a very active member of many learned societies.
Camille Flammarion worked on the relationship between sunspots and the peaks of activity of this star, as well as its influence on plants.

This is the Second Edition (The young Camille Flammarion was only 20 years old at the time of the first edition in 1862).

Format: 12 x 18 cm (in-12) – 554 pages.

. Beautiful cosmic illustrations in black and white adorn this work which oscillates between science and, what we would call today, science fiction, including the habitability of the stars of our Solar System.
. A long numerical table unfolds along a sheet at the end of the work.

A very beautiful handwritten letter written by the author to the Bureau of Longitudes in 1864, addressed to a fellow practicing astronomer in London. The letter was inserted when the binding was created.
A dedication is also affixed.

Solid green binding, spine with gilt letters and bands, slightly bumped corners, split joints, but the book is easy to handle. It bears witness to diligent reading over time.
Some scattered foxing, a classic edition from the second half of the 19th century.

A fine collector's work, a science book for those curious and passionate about the sciences of the Universe.