Plurality of worlds - Translations into English - Early works to 1800

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A week's conversation on the plurality of worlds By Monsieur Fontenelle. Translated from the last Paris edition, wherein are many improvements throughout; and some new observations on several Discoveries which have been lately made in the Heavens. By William Gardiner, Esq; The second edition. To which is added, Mr. Secretary Addison's oration, made at Oxford, in defense of the new philosophy.
Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de, 1657-1757.Date: [1728]
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A conversation on the plurality of worlds . Translated from the French of M. De Fontenelle. To which is added Mr. Addison's Defence of the Newtonian philosophy.
Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de, 1657-1757.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]
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Conversations with a lady, on the plurality of worlds . Written in French by M. Fontenelle, Author of the Dialogues of the Dead. Translated by Mr. Glanvill. The fourth edition. With the addition of a sixth conversation. To which is also added, a discourse concerning the antients and moderns. Written by the same Author: And Translated by Mr. Hughes.
Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de, 1657-1757.Date: M.DCC.XIX. [1719]
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A conversation on the plurality of worlds . Translated from the French of M. De Fontenelle. To which is added, Mr Addison's Defence of the Newtonian philosophy.
Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de, 1657-1757.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]
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Conversations on the plurality of worlds . By M. de Fontenelle. A new translation from the last edition of the French, with great additions, Extracted from the best modern Authors, on many Curious and Entertaining Subjects. Adorned with copper-plates, Containing a great Variety of Figures for illustrating the Additions: Also, an Explanation of the Terms of Art used in the Work, in Alphabetical Order, &c. The second edition. By a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.
Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de, 1657-1757.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]