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Additional authors

1. Toland, John, 1670-1722
2. Hall, John, 1627-1656
3. Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766
4. Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725
5. Lely, Peter, 1618-1680

Description

1. [4], xlvi, 632, [14] p., [1] leaf of plates : 2 ill., 1 port. (engravings); 33 cm (fol.)

Uniform title

1. Works. Selections. 1747

Alternative title

1. Works. 1747
2. Oceana.
3. Life of James Harrington.

Subject

1. Harrington, James, 1611-1677
2. Utopias -- Early works to 1800
3. Political science -- Early works to 1800

Contents

1. Toland's dedication -- His preface -- The life of James Harrington -- The grounds and reasons of monarchy considered ... -- The commonwealth of Oceana -- The prerogative of popular government -- The art of lawgiving -- A word concerning a house of peers -- Valerius and Publicola -- A system of politics delineated in short and easy aphorisms -- Political aphorisms -- Seven models of a commonwealth -- The ways and means whereby an equal and lasting commonwealth may be suddenly introduced, and perfectly founded, with the free consent and actual comfirmation of the whole people of England -- The humble petition of divers well-affected persons -- Appendix, containing all the political tracts ... omitted in Mr. Toland's edition.

Call number

1. NCF+ (Harrington. J. Oceana)

Note

1. "The grounds and reasons of monarchy consider'd: and exemplify'd in the Scotish line, out of their own best authors and records" (p. [1]-32) written by John Hall.
2. "I take this opportunity of acknowledging my obligation to the Rev. Mr. Thomas Birch F.R.S. for obliging the publick with the political discourses above mentioned [i.e. the tracts omitted from Toland's edition]"--p. xlvi.
3. Collation: fol.: pi² A⁴ a-d⁴ e² f1[=*D2] B-4L⁴, *A-*C² *D²(-*D2) [$2 (-a2, e2) signed]; 348 leaves, pp. [4 unn.] i-x [xi-xii] xiii-xlvi, [1-2] 3-632 [14 unn.] [misprinting 576 as 756] (unnumbered pages in arabic sequence not noted) + plate to face p. 113. Both the frontispiece and the portrait of Harrington are integral, printed as pi1v and a2v (p. [xii]), with pi1r and a2r blank. Leaf *D2 is occasionally found bound at the end, as printed, despite the signature 'f' and pagination xlv-xlvi.
4. Frontispiece and portrait engraved by M. Vander Gucht, the latter after P. Lely; the plate facing p. 113, "The manner and use of the ballot", is unsigned.
5. Includes index.

Indexed in (note)

1. ESTC

Author

1. Harrington, James, 1611-1677.

Title

1. 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. ; To which is added, an appendix, containing all the political tracts wrote by this author, omitted in Mr. Toland's edition..

Imprint

1. London : Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-street, in the Strand, M.DCC.XLVII. [1747]

Edition

1. The third edition: with an alphabetical index of the principal matters..

Indexed in:

1. ESTC T127183

Place of publication

1. England London

Added author

1. Toland, John, 1670-1722. Editor
2. Hall, John, 1627-1656. Grounds and reasons of monarchy consider'd.
3. Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766. Compiler
4. Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725. Engraver
5. Lely, Peter, 1618-1680. Illustrator

Added title

1. Life of James Harrington.

Other form:

1. Online version: Harrington, James, 1611-1677. Selections. 1747. Oceana and other works of James Harrington esq. 3d ed. London, Printed for A. Millar, 1747 (OCoLC)577109457
2. Online version: Harrington, James, 1611-1677. Selections. 1747. Oceana and other works of James Harrington esq. 3d ed. London, Printed for A. Millar, 1747 (OCoLC)606234647

LCCN

1. 42027624

Research call number

1. NCF+ (Harrington. J. Oceana)