[Rarebooks] FS: 1830 Aliens! amidst a chemist's travels

[Charles Agvent]

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   DAVY, Sir Humphry, Bart. Late President of the Royal Society. 
CONSOLATIONS IN TRAVEL, OR THE LAST DAYS OF A PHILOSOPHER. Philadelphia: 
John Grigg, 1830. First American Edition. Published the same year as the 
English edition and much less common. Duodecimo (3-1/2" x 6") bound in 
the original cloth-backed printed boards with the original paper spine 
label, 252 pages. With a sketch of the author's life and notes by Jacob 
Green, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in Jefferson Medical College, not 
found in the English edition. The brilliant chemist's travels and last 
days in his words. The note by Green to this American edition states 
that "the facts contained in the following Life, were derived from a 
number of authentic memoirs. Most of the Notes have been added, with the 
view of correcting some theological errors which, had the distinguished 
author lived to revise his work, it is believed he would have modified 
or erased himself." Included among Davy's thoughts is "a short account 
of a spirit journey, conducted by a Genius, to Saturn, and a description 
of the non-human intelligent beings inhabiting it. An important, albeit 
brief, contribution to the evolution of the non-human alien in science 
fiction" (Locke, VOYAGES IN SPACE 58). Occasional stain; moderate 
browning. Front endpaper lacking. Still a Near Fine copy in the original 
binding.       Was  $350.00     Now  $250.00

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