A JOURNEY TO THE WORLD UNDER-GROUND

by Ludvig Holberg

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First edition

London: Printed for T. Astley ... and B. Collins, 1742. First edition in English of this foundational example of hollow earth speculative fiction, a GULLIVER'S TRAVELS-like adventure with an Enlightenment-era feminist twist. Very good plus. Item #53262 A young graduate, Niels Klim, explores a cave near his home and falls down a shaft, only to discover a series of concentric worlds within our own. The novel's setting is

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