Utopian fiction.- [Holberg (Ludvig, Baron)] A Journey to the World Under-Ground. By Nicholas Klimius, first edition in English, woodcut device to title, woodcut initial, head- and tail-pieces, very occasional light damp-staining to foot of lower margin, very occasional light finger-soiling, front free endpaper with contemporary ink inscription and upper half torn away and restored, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners repaired, light staining to upper cover, for T. Astley, at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and B. Collins, Bookseller, in Salisbury, 1742; and and a copy of The Memoirs of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca, large 12mo (2) ⁂ Aware that his satirical science fiction-fantasy novel would likely cause controversy in his native Norway, Holberg first published the work in Germany in Latin as Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum novam telluris in 1741.
Utopian fiction.- [Holberg (Ludvig, Baron)] A Journey to the World Under-Ground. By Nicholas Klimius, first edition in English, woodcut device to title, woodcut initial, head- and tail-pieces, very occasional light damp-staining to foot of lower margin, very occasional light finger-soiling, front free endpaper with contemporary ink inscription and upper half torn away and restored, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners repaired, light staining to upper cover, for T. Astley, at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and B. Collins, Bookseller, in Salisbury, 1742; and and a copy of The Memoirs of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca, large 12mo (2) ⁂ Aware that his satirical science fiction-fantasy novel would likely cause controversy in his native Norway, Holberg first published the work in Germany in Latin as Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum novam telluris in 1741.
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