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Special Collections - Rare Books: 18th Century

1706: Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis Imperia

An atlas in two volumes, by Johann Baptist Homann. Each atlas page in this set was commonly sold as prints by taking the book apart, making this atlas unique in that it is whole.

1719: Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe

A second edition copy of this classic.

1758: Works of Epictetus, translated from Greek by Elizabeth Carter.

Contained in red-leather binding and a fine showcase of the scholarship of women in the 1700s, based on her high-class list of subscribers, including the Prince of Wales and Princess Dowager.

1776: Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, by Richard Price

A pamphlet from an American colonist explaining to the British people why they object to British rule.

1794: Letters on the French Revolution, by Helen Maria Williams

Showcasing a woman’s experience during the French Revolution.