FERGUSON, Adam.
The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic.
Edinburgh, Printed for Bell & Bradfute, and sold by F. C. & J. Rivington, Cadell & Davies, Longman & Co., J. Murray, T. Hamilton, and T. Underwood, 1813.
A friend of Adam Smith and David Hume, Ferguson (1723-1816) was Professor of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1764 to 1785, when he was succeeded by his erstwhile student Dugald Stewart. He is best known for this history of the Roman Republic, first published in 1783, which won praise from Edward Gibbon, and his Essay on the History of Civil Society.
'New Edition'; 5 vols; 8vo (22 x 13.5 cm); engraved portrait vignette to title, 6 engraved folding maps, bookplate to front pastedown of each vol., spotting to maps, occasional light toning and offsetting; contemporary polished calf, covers with blind roll within triple gilt filet border, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces to spine, marbled edges, joints and extremities a little rubbed, corners bumped, very good.
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The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic.
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[Romulus and Tarquin].
1637.
The first edition in English of Virgilio Malvezzi's histories of the legendary Roman kings Romulus and Tarquin, translated by Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth
£1,500.00
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History of the Grecian War:
1676.
The final lifetime edition of Thomas Hobbes's English-language translation of Thucydides History of the Grecian War
£3,500.00
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The Letters of the Renowned Father Paul,
1693.
The first edition in English of the collected letters of Paolo Sarpi, translated out of the Italian by Edward Brown
£800.00
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Stalin
1947.
The first UK edition of Leon Trotsky's biography of Joseph Stalin
£550.00
