The World of Mercury
$20.95The World of Mercury was first published in 1750 before Voltaire’s MicromÃ(c)gas (1752) or Tiphaigne’s Amilec (1753). In developing his world, Béthune shaped one of the few “Creationist fantasies” entirely unaffected by religious dogma. His Mercury shines with originality, adventurousness and, especially, bizarrerie. The description of the aerial conflict between the defenders of Mercury’s Great…