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Plutarchus de Claris Mulieribus. Plutarchi Paralelia. (On the Virtues of Women and the Parallel Lives) by Plutarch
Published: 1485 In Latin, with decorative initials. "Plutarchus de Claris Mulieribus. Plutarchi Paralelia ("On the Virtues of Women" [with] "Parallel Lives") was written by Greek biographer and essayist Plutarch. This volume was translated by Alamanus Rinutinus and...
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: with the Apocrypha. Translated Out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by the Special Command of King James I, of England. With an Index. (Illustrated Bible)...
Essays on Philosophical Subjects by Adam Smith
Published: 1795 First Edition. "Essays on Philosophical Subjects" was published posthumously in 1795 after Adam Smith's death in 1790, from previously unpublished material prepared by Smith's literary executors: Joseph Black, a physicist and chemist, and James Hutton,...
The Federalist by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay
Full title: The Federalist, On the New Constitution Written in the Year 1788, by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Jay with an Appendix, Containing the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius, on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793; also the Original Articles of...
The Obedience of a Christen Man, and How Christen Rulers Ought to Gouerne, Wherein Also (Yf Thow Marke Dylygently) Thou Shalt Fynde Eyes to Perceave the Crafty Conueyaunce of All Jugglers by William Tyndale
Published: [1548] With woodcut title-border and decorative initials. "The Obedience of a Christian Man, and how Christen rulers ought to gouerne, wherein also (yf thow marke dylygently) thou shalt fynde eyes to perceave the crafty conueyaunce of all jugglers" was...
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Published: 1841 First Edition. Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and first published in 1841, "Essays," also known as "Essays: First Series," is a collection of twelve essays that includes: "History," "Self-Reliance," "Compensation," "Spiritual Laws," "Love,"...
The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri Translated by Henry Francis Cary
Published: [1814] This work is Dante Alighieri's poem entitled "The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri," or more commonly known as "The Divine Comedy." It was translated by Reverend H. F. Cary. There is no date given for this book on the...
Nicolai Machiavelli Princeps (The Prince) by Niccolo Machiavelli [bound with] Vindicae contra tyrannos by Hubert Languet (Attributed)
[Two Works in One Volume] Nicolai Machiavelli Princeps. Ex Sylvestri Telii fulginatis Traductione diligenter emendata.Adiecta sunt eiusdem argumenti aliorum quorundam contra Machiavellum scripta, de potestate & officio Principum, & contra Tyrannos. By Niccolo...
Aristotles Politiques, or Discourses of Government
Published: 1598 First English Edition. Entitled, "Aristotles Politiques, Or Discovrses of Government," this edition of Aristotle's "Politiques" was published in 1598 in London and translated from the 1568 French edition. "Politiques" was written by the ancient Greek...
Tetradymus by John Toland
Title: Tetradymus. Containing I. Hodegus; or the Pillar of Cloud and Fire, that guided Israelites in the Wilderness, not Miraculous: but, as faithfully related in Exodus, a thing equally practis'd by other nations, and in those places no onely useful but necessary....
