ORIGINS OF MODERNITY

cosmology & astronomy

Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier) (1657-1757)
Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes.
A Paris : Chez Michel Guerout, 1687.

This is Fontenelle's famous work propounding the plurality of worlds. Extremely popular when published, it was written as a savant explaining the new cosmology to a curious noblewoman.