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1547 The Hebrew Bible. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1547-49 Third edition xBS715 1547

1551 Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Dionis nicaei rerum romanarum... Lutetiae: Ex officina Roberti Stephani, 1551 Editio princeps xPA3947 A2 1551

1576 Virgil, Polydore (ca. 1470-1555). Polydori virgilii urbinatis de rerum inventoribus... Romae, apud haeredes antonii, Bladij, Impressores Camerales: Anno. M.D. LXXVI (1576) xPA8585 V4 D4 1576

1583 Hierocles (fl. 420). Hieroclis philosophi commentarius in aurea... Parisiis: apud Nicolaum Niuelium, sub signo Columnarum via Iacobaea, 1583 Editio princeps xPA4013 H46 1583

1587 Holinshed, Raphael (d. 1580?). The first and second volumes of chronicles. London: 1587 Second edition xDA130 H6 1587 oversize

1614 Raleigh, Sir Walter (1552 – 1618). The history of the world [in five books]. London: Printed for Walter Burre, 1614 First edition xD57 R162

1632 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Dialogo di galileo galilei linco matematico... Fiorenza: Per Gio Batista Landini, 1632 First edition xQB41 G14

1636 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Nov-antiqua sanctissimorum patrum... Augustae Treboc., impensis Elzeviriorum, 1636 First edition xBL239 G33

1651 Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679). Leviathan, or, the matter, forme, and power... London: Printed for A. Crooke, 1651 First edition xJC153 H65 1651a

1661 Cellarius, Andreas. Harmonia macrocosmica. Amsterdam: Jansson, 1661 Second edition xQB41 C39 1661 ARC

1662 Descartes, Rene (1596-1650). Renatus des cartes de homine. Lvgdvni Batavorvm: apud Petrvm Leffen & Franciscvm Moyardvm, 1662 xQP29 D48 1662

1664 Descartes, Rene (1596-1650). Le monde de Mr. Descartes: ou, le traite de la... Paris: Le Gras, 1664 First edition Q155 D435 1664

1670 Spinoza, Benedictus de (1632-1677). Tractatus theologico-politicus continens... Hamburg [i.e. Amsterdam]: Apud Henricum Kunrath [i.e. Jan Rieuwertz.], MDCLXX (1670) First edition, first issue xB3985 A3 1670

1671     Caryll, John (1625-1711). Sir Salomon; or, the cautious coxcomb: a comedy…London: Printed for H. Herringman, at the Blew Anchor, in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1671 First edition xPR3339 C44 S5 1671

1677     Spinoza, Benedictus de (1632-1677). Opera postuma. Amsterdam: J. Rieuwertsz, 1677 First edition xB3955 A18 1677

1679     Plautus, Titus Maccius. M. Accii plauti comoediae interpretation…Parisiis: apud Fredericum Leonard, 1679 xPA6568 A2 1679

1686     Sandras, Gatien Courtilz de (1644-1712). La vie de Gaspard de Coligny, seigneur de…A Cologne: Chez Pierre Marteaux, 1686 First edition xDC112 C6 C6 1686

1690     Locke, John (1632-1704). An essay concerning humane understanding. London: Printed by Elizabeth Holt for Thomas Basset, 1690 First edition, first issue xB1290 1690 oversize

1691     Bekker, Balthasar (1634-1698). De betoverde weereld. Amsterdam: D. van den Dalen, 1691-3 First edition xBF1410 B29

1696     Perrault, Charles (1628-1703). Les hommes illustres qui ont paru en France…Paris: A. Dezallier, 1696-1700 First edition xCT1011 P4 1696b oversize

1699     Casas, Bartolome de las (1474-1566). An account of the first voyages and discoveries…London: Printed by J. Darby for D. Brown, 1699 xF1411 C426 1699

1709     Muelhausen, Yom Tov Lipmann (14th/15th cent.). Sefer nitsahon. Ams’erdam: Be-vet Shelomoh ben Yosef Props, 469 (1709) xBM648 L5 1709

1726     Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745). Travels into several remote nations of the world. London: B. Motte, 1726

First edition xPR3724 G7 1726

1733     Voltaire (1694-1778). Letters concerning the English nation…London: Printed for C. Davis…and A. Lyon..., 1733 First edition xPQ2086 L4 E5 1733

1735     Alexander, James (1691-1756). The complaint of James Alexander…New York: Printed for John Peter Zenger, 1735 First edition xKF223 Z4 1735

1750     Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat (1689-1755). Defense de l’esprit des loix…Geneve: Chez Barrillot & fils, mdccl (1750) First edition xJC179 M72 1750

1751     Diderot, Denis (1713-1784). Encyclopedie…Paris: Braisson, 1751-65 First edition xAE25 E53

1759     Masekhet gittin: min talmud bavli; im perush rashi…Be-Zultsbakh: Ba-vet uva-defus Meshulam Zalman ben Aharon, 520 (1759-1760) xBM506 G5 1759 oversize

1759     Voltaire (1694-1778). L’esprit de Monsieur de Voltaire. [Paris?], 1759 xPQ2074 A1 1759

1762     Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778). Emile: ou de l’education…Amsterdam: J. Neaulme, 1762 First Amsterdam edition xLB511 1762

1763     Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778). Emilius: or, an essay on education. London: Printed for J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, 1763 First English edition xLB512 E5 N813

1766     Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778). Political debates. Paris: J.W. Imprimeur, 1766 xE215.2 S8

1770     The Boston gazette, or, country journal. Boston, MA: B. Edes and J. Gill, 1770 xAN2 M4 B67

1776     Macpherson, James (1736-1796). The rights of Great Britain asserted against the…London, printed; Philadelphia, Re-printed and sold by R. Bell, in Third-street, MDCCLSSVI (1776) xE211 E179 

1797     Paine, Thomas (1737-1809). Agrarian justice…Philadelphia: Printed by R. Folwell, for Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1797? xHD7106 G8 P2

1780     Richardt, Johann Freidrich, comp. Freymaurer-lieder. Third edition xM1900 M3 F74 1780

1799     Mercier, Louis-Sebastien (1740-1814). L’an due mille. Paris: Brosson et Carteret, etc. 1799 New edition xPQ2007 M6 A5 1799

1831     Ovid (43 bce – 17 or 18 ce). Publii ovidii nasonis fastorum libri sex cum…Westminster: G.W. Ginger, 1831 Editio expurgate xPA6519 F3 1831

1833     Book of commandments, for the government of…Zion: W. W. Phelps, 1833 xBX8628 A2 1833

1840     Madison, James (1751-1836). The papers of James Madison…Washington: Langree & O’Sullivan, 1840 First edition xJK111 M2

1849     Froude, James Anthony (1818-1894). The nemesis of faith. London: J. Chapman, 1849 First edition xBL2775 F7 1849

1856     Whitman, Walt (1819-1892). Leaves of grass. Brooklyn NY: 1856 Second edition xPS3201 1856

1860     Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the origin of species by means of natural…New York: D. Appleton and company, 1860 First American edition, second issue xQH365 O2 1860a

1861     Jacobs, Harriett Ann (1813-1897). Incidents in the life of a slave girl…Boston: Published for the author, 1861 First edition xE444 J17 A3 1861

1867     Durán, Diego (d. 1588?). Historia de las indias de nueva-espana y islas de…Mexico: Imprenta de J. M. Andrede y F. Escalante…, 1867-1880 First edition xF1219 D94 1867

1884     Twain, Mark (1835-1910). The adventures of Huckleberry Finn…London: Chatto & Windus, 1884 First English edition xPS1305 A1 1884

1898     Nicholson, Sir William (1872-1949). An alphabet. London: Published by William Heinemann, 1898 xNK3631 N5 A4 1898

1900     Bannerman, Helen (1862-1946). The story of Little Black Sambo. New York: F. A. Stokes, 1900 First American edition, first printing xPZ7 B227 Ls

1917     The Western critic. Milwaukee, WI: Karl Schauerman, 1917 xD501 W47

1918     Liberator. New York: The Liberator Publishing Co. Inc, 1918 xHX1 L5

Eastman, Max (1883-1969). Max Eastman’s address to the jury in the second Masses…New York: Liberator Pub., Co. ca. 1918 xHX86 E37

1928     Lawrence, D. H. (1885-1930). Lady Chatterley’s lover. Florence: Privately printed, 1928 Pirated edition, ca. 1930s xPR6022 A93 L2 1928

1933     Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961). God rest you, merry gentlemen. New York: House of Books, 1933

First edition xPS3515 E37 G64 1933

1934     Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. New York: Random House, 1934 First authorized American edition xPR6019 O9 U4 1934

1943     Hugnet, Georges (1906-1974) & Jean Arp (1886-1966). La sphere de sable. Paris: Robert-J. Godet, 1943 xPQ2615 U472 S6 1943

1948     Jeffers, Robinson (1899-1961). The double axe & other poems. New York: Random House, 1948

First edition xPS3519 E27 D6 1948

1949     Neruda, Pablo (1904-1973). Gonzalez Videla, el laval de la America Latina…Mexico?, 1949? First edition xF3099 G6 N4

1951     Salinger, J. D. (1919-2010). Catcher in the rye. Boston: Little, Brown, 1951 First edition xPS3537 A426 C3 1951

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