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A Discovery of New Worlds

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A Discovery of New Worlds (1688)
by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, translated by Aphra Behn
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A translation of Fontenelle's 1686 work 'Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes'. It is one of three different English translations of the work which appeared in the two years following its publication, the others being by William Donville and John Glanvill .

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A

DISCOVERY

OF

Nevv Worlds,


From the FRENCH.


Made ENGLISH

By Mrs. A. BEHN.


Together with a PREFACE by way of ESSAY upon Translated PROSE, wholly New.

LONDON,

Printed for Will. Canning, at his Shop in the Temple-Cloysters, 1688.


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Original:

This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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Translation:

This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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