OUR PLACE AMONG INFINITIES: A SERIES OF ESSAYS CONTRASTING OUR LITTLE ABODE IN SPACE AND TIME WITH THE INFINITIES AROUND US; TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ESSAYS ON ASTROLOGY AND THE JEWISH SABBATH & ASTROLOGY, JEWISH SABBATH
Book Details + Condition: D. Appleton and Company (New York). Early Edition, 1883. By Richard A. Proctor. Hardcover with brown boards, gilt to spine, and decorated endpapers. 323 pages, with advertisements at end. Proctor was one of the leading science writers of the 19th century. From the Preface: "I still consider the work a sound exposition of the theory of the plurality of worlds, though I consider that the weight of evidence favours my theory of the (relative) paucity of worlds." Content includes:
- Past and Future of the Earth
- Seeming Wasted in Nature
- New Theory of Life in Other Worlds
- Missing Comet
- Thoughts on Astrology
- Saturn and the Sabbath of the Jews
- The Star Depths
- And more.
Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; light wear to boards; chafed spine ends; a few old dog-eared page corners; antique pencilled name and info to front endpaper; approximately 20 pp with pencilled underlining and markings.
