The celestial worlds discover'd: or, conjectures concerning the inhabitants, plants and productions of the worlds in the planets / Written in Latin. By Christianvs Hvygens, and inscrib'd to his brother Constantine Hvygens. [Translated by John Clarke].

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The celestial worlds discover'd: or, conjectures concerning the inhabitants, plants and productions of the worlds in the planets / Written in Latin. By Christianvs Hvygens, and inscrib'd to his brother Constantine Hvygens. [Translated by John Clarke].