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Primary sources, seminal works and rare texts on Economics and Social Sciences, encompassing Philosophy, Law and Politics.
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1962 Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Opera Omnia: Tomus Octavus Qui Complectitur Versa e Patribus GraecisLondon: 1962An attractive facsimile reprint of the philosophy of Erasmus. Published in Latin.
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1866 Lettres Persanes Suives de Arsace et Ismenie et de Pensees DiversesParis: 1866A smart copy of Montesquieu's 'Persian Letters', a satire of eighteenth century Parisian society.
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1911 Epiktet und das Neue TestamentGieben: 1911Adolf Bonhoffer's very scarce discussion of the Greek philosopher Epictetus, and his views on the new testament.
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1971 Schellings Abhandlung Uber Das Wesen Der Menschlichen FreiheitGermany: 1971A very smart edition of Heidegger's study on human freedom, in the original German language.
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1881 Arvelighed og Moral en UndersogelseKjobenhavn: 1881A scarce comprehensive study of heredity and morality, in the original Danish language.
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1787-88 Philosophische Anmerkungen und AbhandlungenBreslau: 1787-88An important German translation of Cicero's philosophical work, a translation commissioned by Frederick the Great.
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1816 Le Plutarque De L'EnfanceLyon: 1816An uncommon leather bound work in which the anecdotes and maxims of Plutarch are used as a springboard for discussions of famous people of antiquity. Published in French.
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1928 Metapsychisme et Occultisme: Douze ConferencesParis: 1928A scarce philosophical work containing twelve lectures on metaphysics and occultism, in the French language.
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c1909 La Nevrose Galante au Dix-Huitieme Siecle: Adventures et Portraits D'AmoureusesParis: c1909A smart volume on neuropathy in gallantry in love, with illustrations of women in love. In the French language.
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1725 M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolarum ad Quintum Fratrem Libri Tres, et ad Brutum Liber UnusHagae-Comitum [The Hague]: 1725A smart, collected edition of the epistles of Roman lawyer and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, with extensive accompanying critical notes.
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1912 Jacobis Spinoza Buchlein Nebst Replik und DuplikMunich: 1912A first edition copy of this study of Jacobi's and Mendelssohn's interest in Spinoza's work, edited by Fritz Mauthner.
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1822 Reflexions ou Sentences et Maximes Morales de la RochefoucauldParis: 1822L. Aime-Martin's edition of the noted maxims by François de La Rochefoucauld.
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1981 Tractates from Meister EckhartPembridge: 1981A scarce collection of translated writings from Meister Eckhart, German Catholic theologian and philosopher.
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1827 Observations on the Growth of the MindLondon: 1827A scarce first UK edition of this transcendentalist work by Sampson Reed.
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1913 Spiritualism and Psychical ResearchLondon: 1913A scarce work on the study of spiritualism by John Arthur Hill.
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1856 A Delineation of the Primary Principles of ReasoningLondon: 1856A first edition of this uncommon volume in which Robert Boyd Kidd offers a philosophical treatise on logic.
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1845 2vol The Works of The Learned and Judicious Divine: Mr. Richard HookerOxford: 1845A complete two volume set of this biographical sketch of Richard Hooker, with details of his work.
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1806 An Epitome of MythologyLondon: 1806A scarce copy of Reverend Thomas Smith's review of mythology.
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1820 The Mute Christian Under the Smarting RodLondon: 1820The fifty-first edition of English non-conformist Puritan preacher Thomas Brooks's work.
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1927 The Confession of Kibbo KiftLondon: 1927The very scarce first edition of John Hargrave's guide to the Kibbo Kift, a hiking, camping and crafting group with the stated aim of bringing about world peace.
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1737 The Oceana of James Harrington, EsqDublin: 1737A very smart Dublin edition of James Harrington's major work of political philosophy, featuring an account of the life of Harrington by John Toland.
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1732 Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, TimesLondon: 1732The complete three volume fifth edition of Anthony Ashley-Cooper's philosophical essays.
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1942 The Death of the Moon and Other EssaysLondon: 1942The first edition of Virginia Woolf's posthumous collection of essays.
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1954 The Origins of European ThoughtCambridge: 1954The second edition of Richard B. Onians's scarce and celebrated study of classical literature, a work described as 'epoch-making' by The Spectator.
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1698 Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects. In Two Parts.London: 1698The scarce third edition of the complete first and second part of theatre critic Jeremy Collier's collection of essays on the morality of late seventeenth century life.
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1947 Caligula and Cross PurposeLondon: 1947The second impression of the first translated edition of Camus's two plays, Caligula and Cross Purpose.
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Signed1910 Among FriendsBoston and New York: 1910A presentation copy of the first edition of Samuel McChord Crothers's collection of essays.
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1699 Suite des Reflexions sur ce Qui peut Plaire ou Deplaire dans le Commerce du MondeAmsterdam: 1699A scarce French work by l'Abbe de Bellegarde, a collection of dialogues reflecting on the conduct of life.
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1886 The Wit and Wisdom of The Rev. Sydney SmithLondon: 1886An uncommon early edition of Rev. Sydney Smith's collection of wits and wisdoms in Mudie signed binding.
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1819-1820 21 Volumes Oeuvres de J. J. RousseauParis: 1819-1820The collected works of philosopher, writer, and composer, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In French.
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1825 Discourses on ProphecyLondon: 1825The scarce second edition of this theological study of Prophecy in full calf binding.
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1811 Elements of the Philosophy of the Human MindLondon: 1811A very attractively bound original copy of Dugald Stewart's collection on meditations on the human mind.
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1721 Contemplations Moral and Divine in Two PartsLondon: 1721An early edition of this work of moral philosophy from the eighteenth century.
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1658 Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many Received TenentsLondon: 1658The very scarce fourth edition of Thomas Browne's challenge to the superstitious errors of his age, incorporating the first edition of his study of death and burial, 'Hydriotaphia'.
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1929 The PrinceLondon: 1929An exceptionally scarce Limited Edition of Machiavelli's sixteenth century political treatise, limited to only ten copies printed on vellum leaves.
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1919 Industry and TradeLondon: 1919A scarce first edition of this economic work by Alfred Marshall.