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Work of Moral Philosophy
Richard Price (1723–1791)
A Review of the Principal Questions in Morals. . . The Third Edition Corrected, and Enlarged by an Appendix. . . . London, 1787. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1248) (22.00.00)
Jefferson’s Interest in Voltaire
[François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694–1778)]
The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket. London, 1765. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1280) (04.00.00)
Essays by British Feminist
Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710)
Essays upon Several Subjects in Prose and Verse.London: T.H., 1710. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1356) (24.00.00)
Central Document in Abolition Effort
James Ramsey (1733–1789)
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies. Dublin, 1784. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1377) (25.00.00)
Work by the “Father of International Law”
Hugo Grotius (1683–1645)
Hugonis Grotii de Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres, in quibus jus Naturae & Gentium, item juris publici praecipua esplicantur. . . . Amsterdam: Joannes Jansson, 1651. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1404) (26.00.00)
Jefferson’s Copy of the Koran
George Sale, trans. (1697–1736)
The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic; . . . 2 vols. London, 1764. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1457) (27.00.00)
First Bible with Numbered Verses
Robert Stephanus [Robert Estienne] (1503–1559)
Biblia. R. Stephanus Lectori. En tibi Bibliorũ vulgata editio, in qua iuxta Hebraicorum versuum rationem singula capita versibus distincta sunt, . . . Geneva: R. Stephanus, 1555. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1465) (28.00.00)
Blackstone’s Law Commentaries
Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780)
Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. 4 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1770. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1806) (30.00.00)
Laws Concerning Women
[Sir John Dodderidge (1555–1625)]
The Lawes Resolutions of Women’s Rights: or, the Law’s Provision for Women. London: John More, 1632. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1999) (32.00.00)
Book of Maritime Law
Arthur Browne (1756?–1805)
A Compendious View of the Civil Law, and of the Law of the Admiralty, Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Read in the University of Dublin. 2 vols. London: G. Woodfall, 1802. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 2109) (33.00.00)
Institutes of Justinian in English Translation
Justinian (482–565)
The Institutes of Justinian. With Notes by Thomas Cooper, Esq. Professor of Chemistry at Carlisle College, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1812. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 2192) (34.00.00)
Priestly’s Political Thinking
Joseph Priestley (1733–1804)
An Essay on the First Principles of Government, and on the Nature of Political Civil, and Religious Liberty, . . . London, 1771. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 2332) (35.00.00)
Sir Thomas More’s Utopia
Sir Thomas More (1478–1535)
De optimo reipublicae statu deque nova insula Utopia libri duo. . . . Cologne: Arnold Birckmann, 1555. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 2336) (36.00.00)
Machiavelli’s Politics
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)
Opere di Niccolò Macchiavelli, coll aggiunta della inedite. vols. 4 and 5. London and Paris, 1768. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 2351) (07.00.00)
Adams’s Defense of the U.S. Constitution
John Adams (1735–1826)
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. 2 vols. London, 1787. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 3004) (37.00.00)
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