Dialogues about the Variety of Worlds by Mr. Fontenelle, Secretary of the Paris Academy of Science/ Translated from French by А.

Kantemir. 2nd edition, St. Petersburg, Imperial Academy of Science, 1761, 18 unnumbered pages, 200pp. Translation of once famous edition by Bernard Fontenelle (1657-1757) on Copernican theory. The book is split into six evenings during which the author taking a walk with his interlocutor Marquise G. explains her the structure of the solar system, the movement of the Moon and stars. Engraved handbands and endpiece. Contemporary enamel cloth bindings. 21х15сm., in satisfactory condition: damages to title page and dedication page - paper gluing and inscriptions in pencil, minor staining to pages. The edition is of value to book collectors.