The Oceana and other works of James Harrington Esq : collected, methodiz'd, and review'd, with an exact account of his life prefix'd
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Type of record: Book
Title: The Oceana and other works of James Harrington Esq : collected, methodiz'd, and review'd, with an exact account of his life prefix'd
Other titles: Commonwealth of Oceana
Classmark: BC Pol q/HAR
Creator(s): Harrington, James (1611-1677)
Additional creator(s): Toland, John (1670-1722) (Other); Hall, John (1627-1656) (Other); Millar, Andrew (1707-1768) (Other)
Related people: Toland, John; Hall, John; Millar, Andrew
Publisher: Printed for A. Millar
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1747
Language: English
Size and medium: [2], xlvi, 632, [14] p., [2] leaf of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/288883
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002628529705181
Description
Title-page in red and black.
"The life of James Harrington", p. xiii-xliv.
Contents: Toland's dedication -- His preface -- The life of James Harrington -- The grounds and reasons of monarchy consider'd, by John Hall -- 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 confirmation 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.
Indexed in: ESTC T127183; Kress 4857.
Additional description
With armoriall bookplate of the Gyles family of Bowden, Devonshire
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