Vol. 1 contains The Treatise on the Commonwealth and vol. 2 contains The Treatise on the Laws.

Thomas Gordon was the joint author with John Trenchard of these 4 volumes. Almost a generation before Washington, Henry, and Jefferson were even born, two Englishmen, concealing their identities with the honored ancient name of Cato, wrote newspaper articles condemning tyranny and advancing principles of liberty that immensely influenced American colonists. The Englishmen were John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon. Their prototype was Cato the Younger (95-46 B.C.), the implacable foe of Julius Caesar and a champion of liberty and republican principles. Their 144 essays were published from 1720 to 1723, originally in the London Journal, later in the British Journal. Subsequently collected as Cato’s Letters, these “Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious” became, as Clinton Rossiter has remarked, “the most popular, quotable, esteemed source of political ideas in the colonial period.” This new two-volume edition offers minimally modernized versions of the letters from the four-volume sixth edition printed in London in 1755.

A 2 volume collection of Rousseau’s works (in French) edited and with thoughtful and helpful introductions by Vaughan in 1915.

An 8 volume work which took Lecky 19 years to complete and which made his reputation as a scholar. Volumes I and II cover the period 1700-1760; vol.s 3 and 4 1760-1784; vols. 5 and 6 1784-1793; and vol.s 7 and 8 1793-1800.

A 2 volume set of Benjamin Jowett’s translation of one of Aristotle’s most influential writings. The editor provides detailed marginal annotations and lengthy introductions to each book.

A two volume work which Spencer considered to be his finest work. In volume I he covers the data of ethics, the inductions of ethics, and the ethics of individual life. In the second volume he covers the ethics of social life (or justice), negative beneficence, positive beneficence, and a number of topics in several appendices (such as Kant’s theory of rights, land ownership, and animal rights).

After her trip to American in 1834-36, Martineau wrote a perceptive analysis of social and economic conditions in the U.S.

This is a five volume collection of the works of the 19th century American legal theorist and abolitionist Lysander Spooner. It is in chronological order of the year of publication. A full list of Spooner’s works in both chronological order and by theme can be found here.

A 4 volume collection on Burke’s speeches and writings on economics, the American Revolution and the French Revolution.

A 3 volume collection of the records of the Federal Convention which was held in Philadelphia between May and September 1787. The sessions were secret but the proceedings were reconstructed from notes kept by the official secretary and some participants, most notably James Madison.