Iter Lunare: or, A Voyage to the Moon. Containing Some Consideration on the Nature of that Planet. The Possibility of getting thither. With other Pleasant Conceits about the Inhabitants, their Manners and Customs
Title | Iter Lunare: or, A Voyage to the Moon. Containing Some Consideration on the Nature of that Planet. The Possibility of getting thither. With other Pleasant Conceits about the Inhabitants, their Manners and Customs |
Year for Search | 1703 |
Authors | Russen of Hythe, David |
Date Published | 1703 |
Publisher | Ptd. for J. Nutt |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Male author |
Annotation | Mostly satire on moon voyage literature, but the description of the inhabitants suggests eutopian elements. For example, poetry is money, and there is a gun that when fired brings down the fowl ready plucked, dressed, and roasted. The planets and the sun are inhabited. |
Additional Publishers | Repub. without the author's name. London: Ptd. for Robert Gofling, 1707. Rpt. with the author's name Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1976. |
Holding Institutions | L, MoU-St, O |
Full Text | 1703 Russen, David of Hythe. Iter Lunare: or, A Voyage to the Moon. Containing Some Consideration on the Nature of that Planet. The Possibility of getting thither. With other Pleasant Conceits about the Inhabitants, their Manners and Customs. London: Ptd. for J. Nutt. Rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1976. Repub. without the author’s name. London: Ptd. for Robert Gofling, 1707. L, MoU-St, O Mostly satire on moon voyage literature, but the description of the inhabitants suggests eutopian elements. For example, poetry is money, and there is a gun that when fired brings down the fowl ready plucked, dressed, and roasted. The planets and the sun are inhabited. |