Memory

• Jacob Bryant (1715–1804). A New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology: . . . 3 vols. London: 1775, 1776. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 43) (08.00.00)
• Caius Julius Caesar (130 BC–87 BC). John Davies, ed. (1679–1732) . . Julii Caesaris et Auli Hirtii quae exstant omnia. . . .  2 vols. Cambridge: Typis Academicis, 1727. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 60) (09.00.00)
• Abiel Holmes (1763–1837). American Annals; . . . 2 vols. Cambridge: W. Hilliard, 1805. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S.444) (10.00.00)
• John Winthrop (1587–1649). A Journal of the Transactions and Occurrences in the Settlement of Massachusetts and the Other New-England Colonies, from the Year 1630 to 1644. . . . Hartford: Elisha Babcock, 1790. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress . (S. 456) (11.00.00)
• [Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)]. An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania, from Its Origin; . . . London, 1759. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 459) (12.00.00)
• William Stith (1707–1755). The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia: Being an Essay towards a General History of this Colony. Williamsburg: Williams Parks, 1747. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 463) (13.00.00)
• George Washington (1732–1799). The Journal of Major George Washington, Sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, Esq; . . . to the Commandant of the French Forces in Ohio. London: T. Jefferys, 1754. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 473) (14.00.00)
• Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814). History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution. . . . 3 vols. Boston: Manning and Loring, 1805. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 508) (01.00.00)
• David Ramsay (1749–1815). The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, throughout the War Which Established their Independence; and First President of the United States. New York: Hopkins and Seymour, 1807. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 511) (15.00.00)
• Archibald Bower (1686–1766). The History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time. 2 vols. London, 1750. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 613) (16.00.00)
• Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794). Traité élémentaire de chimie, présenté dans un ordre nouveau et d’aprés les découvertes modernes; . . . 2 vols. Paris: Chardon, 1789. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 830) (17.00.00)
• William Stephen Jacobs. The Student’s Chemical Pocket Companion. Philadelphia: S.W. Conrad, 1802. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 849) (18.00.00)
• William Cheselden (1688–1752). The Anatomy of the Human Body. London, 1763. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress . (S. 996) (19.00.00)
• Jakob Benignus Winslow (1669–1760). [Jean Jacques Bruhier d’Ablaincourt (d. 1756)]. The Uncertainty of the Signs of Death, and the Danger of Precipitate Interments and Dissections, Demonstrated. . . .  London, 1746. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 1007) (20.00.00)
• Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (1753–1814). Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical. 2 vols. Boston: Manning & Loring, 1798, 1799. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 1182) (21.00.00)

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Reason

• 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)
• [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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• [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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 (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)
• 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)
• 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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Imagination

• Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books. . . .  2 vols. London, 1742. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4174) (05.00.00)
• The Builder’s Dictionary: or, Gentleman and Architect’s Companion. . . .  2 vols. London, 1734. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4187) (38.00.00)
• Leonbatista Alberti (1404–1472). Cosimo Bartoli, trans. (ca. 1503–ca. 1572). L’Architettura di Leonbatista Alberti. . . .  Venice: Francesco Franceschi Sanese, 1565. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4199) (39.00.00)
• Peter Prelleur (1728–1750). The Compleat Tutor for the Harpsichord or Spinnet wherein is Shewn the Italian Manner of Fingering. . . . London: Peter Thompson, n.d. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4247) (06.00.00)
• Francesco Geminiani (1680–1762). Rules for Playing in a True Taste on the Violin German, Flute, Violoncello, and Harpsicord. . . .  London: J. Johnson, 1751. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4255) (40.00.00)
• Titus [or Gaius] Petronius Arbiter (ca. 27–66). Titi Petroni Arbitri Equitis Romani Satyricon; Et diversorum Poëtarum Lusus in Priapum. Cum selectis variorum Commentariis. . . . Utrecht: Gisberti á Zyll and Theodori ab Ackersdyck, 1654. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4489) (42.00.00)
• Thomas Otway (1652–1685). The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway; in Three Volumes. Consisting of his Plays, Poems, and Letters. London, 1768. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4544) (43.00.00)
• Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536). Des. Erasmi Roterodami Colloquia, cum notis selectis variorum, addito indice novo. Amsterdam: Blaviana, 1693. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4622) (44.00.00)
• Caius Caecilius Plinius Secundus (ca. 61–ca. 113). C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Episotlae et Panegyricus nervae Traiano dictus curante Ioanne Petro Millero Berolini.—Lettres et Panegyrique de Trajan par Pline le Jeune traduits par Mr. de Sacy de L’Academie Françoise. Berlin: 1750. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4631) (45.00.00)
• John Quincy Adams (1767–1848). Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory, Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophistors in Harvard University. 2 vols. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4659) (46.00.00)
• Thomas Erskine Birch, comp. (1760–1820). The Virginian Orator: Being a Variety of Original and Selected Poems Orations and Dramatic Scenes; to Improve the American Youth in the Ornamental and Useful Art of Eloquence & Gesture. Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, 1808. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4680) (47.00.00)
• Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC). Aristotelis De Poetica. Accedunt Versio Latina Theodori Goulstoni et insigniores Lectiones variantes. Glasgow: Robertus Foulis Academiae Typographus, 1745. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4692) (48.00.00)
• Luigi Riccoboni (1674–1738). An Historical and Critical Account of the Theatres in Europe. Viz. The Italian-Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Flemish, and German Theatres. . . . London, 1741. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (S. 4706) (49.00.00)

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