NMLP P-036171 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Edwin A. Abbott · Seeley & Co. (London) · 1884
A revised 'new and revised edition,' also dated 1884, followed the first printing within weeks (December 1884), adding a preface and textual changes, so identification of the true first setting must rest on the wrappers-and-vellum-jacket format, collation, and absence of the preface, not the 1884 date alone.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036171 for "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" by Edwin A. Abbott (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036171, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).