The Oceana and Other Works of James Harrington Esq; Collected, Methodiz'd, and Review'd, with an Exact Account of His Life Prefix'd, by John Toland. Also, All the Politcal Tracts Wrote by This Author, Omitted in Mr. Toland's Edition
The Oceana and Other Works of James Harrington Esq; Collected, Methodiz'd, and Review'd, with an Exact Account of His Life Prefix'd, by John Toland. Also, All the Politcal Tracts Wrote by This Author, Omitted in Mr. Toland's Edition
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries ...
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T146276 Titlepage in red and black. The register and text in the preliminaries are apparently continuous. P.xvi misnumbered xxi. London: printed for A. Millar, 1737. [2], x, xiii-xlvi,632p., plates; 2???
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None. Very Good Indeed. An early eighteenth century edition of the great radical James Harrington's works. Compiled with an account of Harrington's life by the Irish rationalist and philosopher, John Toland. Being mostly Harrington's magnum opus, 'The Commonwealth of Oceana'. Harrington's work was originally suppressed by Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell and after it was finally published there was a dedication to Cromwell. The work describes an ideal constitution which allows for the existence of a Utopian republic. Contemporaneously, many viewed the work as a metaphor for interregnum England. Toland was Harrington's first editor. The Toland edition of Harrington's works was first published in 1700. This 1737 edition is the second edition. Toland had republican sympathies, which was evident in his editing of the writings of some of the great radicals of the 1650s. ESTC No. T146276 Repairs to the edges of the title page. Engraved frontispiece, and an engraved plate of the author by Vander Gucht, and one full page plate illustrating the Venetian 'Ballot'. Three plates total. Collated, complete. Rebound in a quarter morocco binding with paper covered boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. A few light chips to the frontispiece, title page and final few leaves at the edges. Just the odd spots to pages. Repairs to the edge of title pages. Very Good Indeed.
