The freedom of the seas: or, The right which belongs to the Dutch to take part in the East Indian trade

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Leviathan

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The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)

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The volume presents a scholarly re‑edition of the collected works of George Gillespie, a leading 17th‑century…

Second Treatise of Government

John Locke

John Locke’s *Second Treatise of Government* is a foundational work of political philosophy that argues…

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Emperor of the French Napoleon I

The volume presents, for the first time, a complete collection of Napoleon I’s letters to his wife Joséphine,…

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth

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Lucy Aikin’s “Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth” is a detailed chronicle of the early years of…