The Enlightenment Books Project at Pomona College:
A Bibliographical Checklist of Eighteenth-Century Editions
Latin Decade (1700 - 1709) total = 74
Rank | Number of Editions | Author, Title
1 |
14 | Pufendorf, De officio hominis et civis |
2 |
10 | Ovid, Metamorphoses |
3 |
7 | Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis libri tres |
4 |
7 | Cicero, Cato |
5 |
6 | Cicero, De Officiis
|
6 |
6 | Ovid, Heroides |
7 |
5 | Livy, History of Rome |
8 |
4 | Virgil, Eclogues |
9 |
3 | Cicero, De Oratore |
10 |
3 | Virgil, Georgics |
11 |
2 | Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
12 |
2 | Virgil, Aeneid |
13 |
2 | Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews |
14 |
1 | Hobbes, De cive |
15 |
1 | Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration |
16 |
1 | Spinoza, Tractatus theologico-politicus |
Latin Decade (1710 - 1719) total = 60
Rank | Number of Editions | Author, Title
1 |
9 | Cicero, De Officiis
|
2 |
9 | Ovid, Metamorphoses |
3 |
8 | Pufendorf, De officio hominis et civis |
4 |
8 | Cicero, Cato |
5 |
7 | Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis libri tres |
6 |
4 | Livy, History of Rome |
7 |
3 | Cicero, De Oratore |
8 |
3 | Ovid, Heroides |
9 |
1 | Leibniz, Essais de Théodicée |
10 |
1 | Plato, The Republic |
11 |
1 | Virgil, Georgics |
12 |
1 | Virgil, Aeneid |
13 |
1 | Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews |
14 |
1 | Josephus, Wars of the Jews
|
15 |
1 | Cicero, De Natura Deorum |
16 |
1 | Bossuet, Discours sur l'histoire universelle |
17 |
1 | Virgil, Eclogues |
Latin Decade (1720 - 1729) total = 67
Rank | Number of Editions | Author, Title
1 |
11 | Ovid, Metamorphoses |
2 |
9 | Pufendorf, De officio hominis et civis |
3 |
9 | Cicero, Cato |
4 |
9 | Cicero, De Officiis
|
5 |
6 | Cicero, De Oratore |
6 |
6 | Ovid, Heroides |
7 |
4 | Livy, History of Rome |
8 |
3 | Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis libri tres |
9 |
2 | Aristotle, Rhetoric |
10 |
2 | Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews |
11 |
1 | Cumberland, De legibus naturae |
12 |
1 | Seldon, Table Talk |
13 |
1 | Cicero, De Legibus |
14 |
1 | Cicero, De Natura Deorum |
15 |
1 | Virgil, Georgics |
16 |
1 | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War |
Latin Decade (1730 - 1739) total = 77
Rank | Number of Editions | Author, Title
1 |
14 | Ovid, Metamorphoses |
2 |
9 | Livy, History of Rome |
3 |
8 | Pufendorf, De officio hominis et civis |
4 |
8 | Cicero, Cato |
5 |
7 | Cicero, De Officiis
|
6 |
4 | Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis libri tres |
7 |
3 | Cicero, De Oratore |
8 |
3 | Ovid, Heroides |
9 |
3 | Virgil, Eclogues |
10 |
2 | Nicole, Essais de morale |
11 |
2 | Virgil, Aeneid |
12 |
2 | Plato, Apology |
13 |
1 | Plato, Euthyphro |
14 |
1 | Plato, Lovers |
15 |
1 | Plato, Theages |
16 |
1 | Cicero, De Natura Deorum |
17 |
1 | Aristotle, Poetics |
18 |
1 | Sophocles, Electra |
19 |
1 | Plato, Crito |
20 |
1 | Virgil, Georgics |
21 |
1 | Swift, Gulliver's Travels |
22 |
1 | Linnaeus, Systema naturae |
23 |
1 | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War |
24 |
1 | Leibniz, Essais de Théodicée |
Latin Decade (1740 - 1749) total = 98
Rank | Number of Editions | Author, Title
1 |
12 | Cicero, De Officiis
|
2 |
10 | Livy, History of Rome |
3 |
10 | Ovid, Metamorphoses |
4 |
9 | Cicero, Cato |
5 |
6 | Linnaeus, Systema naturae |
6 |
6 | Virgil, Georgics |
7 |
5 | Virgil, Eclogues |
8 |
4 | Pufendorf, De officio hominis et civis |
9 |
4 | Cicero, De Natura Deorum |
10 |
3 | Ovid, Heroides |
11 |
3 | Virgil, Aeneid |
12 |
3 | Fénelon, Les Aventures de Télémaque |
13 |
3 | Cicero, De Oratore |
14 |
2 | Milton, Paradise Lost |
15 |
2 | Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis libri tres |
16 |
2 | Cicero, De Legibus |
17 |
2 | Plato, Phaedo |
18 |
1 | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War |
19 |
1 | Hobbes, De cive |
20 |
1 | Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
21 |
1 | Pascal, Pensées |
22 |
1 | Sophocles, Electra |
23 |
1 | Aristotle, Poetics |
24 |
1 | [Plato], Second Alcibiades |
25 |
1 | Plato, Lovers |
26 |
1 | Plato, Euthyphro |
27 |
1 | Plato, Apology |
28 |
1 | Frederick II, Anti-Machiavel |
29 |
1 | Plato, Crito |
Latin Decade (1750 - 1759) total = 92
Rank | Number of Editions | Author, Title
1 |
10 | Virgil, Georgics |
2 |
9 | Virgil, Eclogues |
3 |
8 | Livy, History of Rome |
4 |
8 | Cicero, De Officiis
|
5 |
5 | Ovid, Metamorphoses |
6 |
5 | Pufendorf, De officio hominis et civis |
7 |
4 | Virgil, Aeneid |
8 |
4 | Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis libri tres |
9 |
3 | Cicero, De Oratore |
10 |
3 | Plato, Crito |
11 |
3 | Linnaeus, Philosophia botanica |
12 |
3 | Linnaeus, Systema naturae |
13 |
3 | Cicero, Cato |
14 |
2 | Ovid, Heroides |
15 |
2 | More, Utopia |
16 |
2 | Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum |
17 |
2 | Cicero, De Natura Deorum |
18 |
2 | Plato, Apology |
19 |
2 | Milton, Paradise Lost |
20 |
2 | Tissot, L'Onanisme |
21 |
1 | Plato, Euthyphro |
22 |
1 | Plato, Lovers |
23 |
1 | [Plato], Second Alcibiades |
24 |
1 | Cicero, De Legibus |
25 |
1 | Plato, Phaedo |
26 |
1 | Josephus, Wars of the Jews
|
27 |
1 | Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
28 |
1 | Polybius, Histories |
29 |
1 | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War |
30 |
1 | Fénelon, Les Aventures de Télémaque |
Latin Decade (1760 - 1769) total = 90
Rank | Number of Editions | Author, Title
1 |
21 | Ovid, Metamorphoses |
2 |
9 | Cicero, De Officiis
|
3 |
7 | Livy, History of Rome |
4 |
6 | Cicero, Cato |
5 |
5 | Linnaeus, Systema naturae |
6 |
4 | Polybius, Histories |
7 |
4 | Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum |
8 |
4 | Tissot, L'Onanisme |
9 |
3 | Virgil, Aeneid |
10 |
2 | Plato, Euthyphro |
11 |
2 | Ovid, Heroides |
12 |
2 | Virgil, Georgics |
13 |
2 | Virgil, Eclogues |
14 |
2 | Plato, Phaedo |
15 |
2 | Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis libri tres |
16 |
2 | Cicero, De Oratore |
17 |
2 | Cicero, De Natura Deorum |
18 |
2 | Pufendorf, De officio hominis et civis |
19 |
1 | Plato, Crito |
20 |
1 | Plato, Apology |
21 |
1 | Plato, Lovers |
22 |
1 | Aristotle, Poetics |
23 |
1 | Cicero, De Legibus |
24 |
1 | Linnaeus, Philosophia botanica |
25 |
1 | Montesquieu, Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romaine |
26 |
1 | Hobbes, De cive |
27 |
1 | Fénelon, Les Aventures de Télémaque |
Latin Decade (1770 - 1779) total = 104
Rank | Number of Editions | Author, Title
1 |
20 | Cicero, De Officiis
|
2 |
12 | Ovid, Metamorphoses |
3 |
8 | Virgil, Georgics |
4 |
8 | Virgil, Eclogues |
5 |
7 | Livy, History of Rome |
6 |
6 | Cicero, Cato |
7 |
5 | Cicero, De Oratore |
8 |
5 | Virgil, Aeneid |
9 |
4 | Cicero, De Natura Deorum |
10 |
4 | Milton, Paradise Lost |
11 |
3 | Ovid, Heroides |
12 |
2 | More, Utopia |
13 |
2 | Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis libri tres |
14 |
2 | Plato, Apology |
15 |
2 | Plato, Phaedo |
16 |
2 | Cicero, De Legibus |
17 |
2 | Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum |
18 |
2 | Plato, Euthyphro |
19 |
1 | Plato, First Alcibiades |
20 |
1 | [Plato], Second Alcibiades |
21 |
1 | Plato, Symposium |
22 |
1 | Leibniz, Essais de Théodicée |
23 |
1 | Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics |
24 |
1 | Plato, Crito |
25 |
1 | Voltaire, La Henriade |
26 |
1 | Linnaeus, Philosophia botanica |
Latin Decade (1780 - 1789) total = 106
Rank | Number of Editions | Author, Title
1 |
14 | Ovid, Metamorphoses |
2 |
12 | Cicero, De Officiis
|
3 |
9 | Livy, History of Rome |
4 |
9 | Virgil, Georgics |
5 |
5 | Cicero, De Oratore |
6 |
4 | Ovid, Heroides |
7 |
4 | Linnaeus, Philosophia botanica |
8 |
4 | Cicero, Cato |
9 |
4 | Cicero, De Natura Deorum |
10 |
4 | Virgil, Aeneid |
11 |
4 | Aristotle, Poetics |
12 |
3 | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War |
13 |
2 | Plato, Menexenus |
14 |
2 | Virgil, Eclogues |
15 |
2 | Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis libri tres |
16 |
2 | Hobbes, De cive |
17 |
2 | Plato, Euthyphro |
18 |
2 | Plato, Apology |
19 |
2 | Plato, Crito |
20 |
2 | Plato, Phaedo |
21 |
2 | Tissot, L'Onanisme |
22 |
2 | Cicero, De Legibus |
23 |
2 | Linnaeus, Systema naturae |
24 |
2 | Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum |
25 |
2 | Plato, First Alcibiades |
26 |
1 | [Plato], Second Alcibiades |
27 |
1 | Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews |
28 |
1 | Josephus, Wars of the Jews
|
29 |
1 | Polybius, Histories |
Latin Decade (1790 - 1799) total = 87
Rank | Number of Editions | Author, Title
1 |
16 | Cicero, De Officiis
|
2 |
10 | Livy, History of Rome |
3 |
8 | Cicero, Cato |
4 |
7 | Cicero, De Oratore |
5 |
6 | Ovid, Metamorphoses |
6 |
5 | Virgil, Eclogues |
7 |
5 | Virgil, Georgics |
8 |
3 | Cicero, De Legibus |
9 |
3 | Cicero, De Natura Deorum |
10 |
3 | Ovid, Heroides |
11 |
3 | Aristotle, Poetics |
12 |
2 | Linnaeus, Philosophia botanica |
13 |
2 | Virgil, Aeneid |
14 |
2 | Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum |
15 |
2 | [Plato], Second Alcibiades |
16 |
1 | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War |
17 |
1 | Voltaire, Histoire de Charles XII |
18 |
1 | Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics |
19 |
1 | Plato, First Alcibiades |
20 |
1 | Plato, Phaedo |
21 |
1 | Tissot, L'Onanisme |
22 |
1 | Kant, Prolegomena zu einer jeden kunftigen Metaphysik |
23 |
1 | Kant, Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten |
24 |
1 | Linnaeus, Systema naturae |
25 |
1 | Plato, Crito |