Featured Works, Liberty & Dignity
Featured Work Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe First Edition. One of the landmarks of American literature. An American abolitionist and author, Harriet Beecher Stowe was influential both for her writings and her public stands...
Featured Works, Liberty & Dignity, Philosophy
Featured Work Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume First Edition. David Hume’s “Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding” was first published in 1748. In 1758, the work became known as “An Enquiry...
Featured Works, Liberty & Dignity, Politics
Featured Work Discourses Concerning Government by Algernon Sidney First Edition. Algernon Sidney’s “Discourses Concerning Government” was published from his original manuscript in 1698. Written between 1680 and 1683, it was not published until 1698,...
Featured Works, Liberty & Dignity, Politics
Featured Work Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes First Edition, with additional engraved title page and folding table. “Leviathan” was written during the English Civil War (1642-1651) by Thomas Hobbes, where he asserts that civil war and anarchy can only be avoided by having...
