Saturn (1,2,4) Jupiter (3) and Mars (5,6). Sun, moon, and stars, Astronomy for beginners. 1893.
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Cyrano de Bergerac, Selenarhia, or, The government of the world in the moon. London, 1659.
Early sci-fi by Cyrano de Bergerac, French novelist, playwright and duelist (he was the inspiration for Edmond Rostand’s drama Cyrano de Bergerac). Cyrano wrote three satirical novels about a narrator traveling to the moon. Arthur C Clarke credited this work with being the first example of a rocket-powered space flight, and for inventing the ramjet (more on wikipedia).