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| First Pub. Date |
Title Author/Editor |
Edition/ Comments | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1644 | "Areopagitica" Milton, John |
Pamphlet | SEARCH |
| 1690 | A Discourse of Trade Barbon, Nicholas |
Jacob H. Hollander, ed. | SEARCH |
| 1691 | Discourses Upon Trade North, Sir Dudley |
Jacob H. Hollander, ed. | SEARCH |
| 1730? | Essai sur la Nature du Commerce in Général Cantillon, Richard |
Henry Higgs, ed. and trans. Includes "Richard Cantillon and the Nationality of Political Economy," by W. Stanley Jevons (1881). | SEARCH |
| 1742 | Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary Hume, David |
Eugene F. Miller, ed. Includes Political Discourses (1752), "My Own Life," by David Hume, and a letter by Adam Smith. | SEARCH
Liberty Fund, Inc. |
| 1759 | The Theory of Moral Sentiments Smith, Adam |
6th edition. | SEARCH |
| 1770 | Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents and the Two Speeches on America Select Works of Edmund Burke, Vol. 1 Burke, Edmund |
E. J. Payne, ed. Foreword and notes by Francis Canavan. | SEARCH
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| 1774 | Miscellaneous Writings Select Works of Edmund Burke, Vol. 4 Burke, Edmund |
E. J. Payne, ed. Foreword and notes by Francis Canavan. | SEARCH
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| 1774 | "Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth" Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques |
Condorcet, trans.(?) | SEARCH |
| 1776 | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Smith, Adam |
Edwin Cannan, ed. 5th edition. | SEARCH |
| 1787 | Defence of Usury Bentham, Jeremy |
4th edition First edition used spelling of 'Impolity' in subtitle. |
SEARCH |
| 1789 | An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Bentham, Jeremy |
1907 reprint of 1823 edition. (First printed 1780.) | SEARCH |
| 1789 | An Essay on the Principle of Population Malthus, Thomas Robert |
1st edition | SEARCH |
| 1789 | An Essay on the Principle of Population Malthus, Thomas Robert |
6th edition | SEARCH |
| 1790 | Reflections on the Revolution in France Select Works of Edmund Burke, Vol. 2 Burke, Edmund |
E. J. Payne, ed. Foreword and notes by Francis Canavan. | SEARCH
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| 1792 | Arthur Young's Travels in France Young, Arthur |
Matilda Betham-Edwards, ed. | SEARCH |
| 1795 | Letters on a Regicide Peace Select Works of Edmund Burke, Vol. 3 Burke, Edmund |
E. J. Payne, ed. Foreword and notes by Francis Canavan. | SEARCH
Liberty Fund, Inc. |
The cuneiform inscription in the Liberty Fund logo is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.