by Algernon Sydney. With his letters trial apology and some memoirs of his life ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- 4 Pol.g. 210
Kupferstich auf weissem Papier, mit einer handschriftlichen Annotation oberhalb des Bildes. Dargestellt ist der englische Politiker und Philosoph Algernon Sidney im Profil mit Fahne. ; J.B. Cipriani d. J. Basire s. MDCCLXIII At the Time when Mr. Algernon Sydney was Ambassador at the Court of Denmark [.] Lord Molesworth's Preface to his Account of Denmark.
Includes index. ; Edited by Thomas Hollis, with additions and corrections by Joseph Robertson. ; Memoirs of the life of Algernon Sydney.--Discourses concerning government.--Letters of Algernon Sydney, taken from Thurloe's state papers.--The Protector's advice to Algernon Sydney.--Letters of Algernon Sydney, taken from the Sydney papers.--Letters of A. Sydney to Henry Savile, ambassador in France.--The Trial of A. Sydney.--The Apology of A. Sydney in the day of his death.--A General view of government in Europe. ; Mode of access: Internet.
[8],424[i.e.420],[48]p.,plate : port. ; 2⁰. ; The final 24 leaves contain the alphabetical table. ; This is an answer to Sir Robert Filmer's 'Patriarcha'. ; Pp.177-178 and 203-204 have been omitted in pagination, but text and register continuous. ; In this state, there is a quotation from Horace above the imprint; a variant state does not have that quotation. ; Reproduction of original from the British Library. ; English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT113295. ; Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group).
This remarkable expression of radical republican thought has never before been published. Algernon Sidney was among the most unrelenting partisans of the parliamentary party during the Commonwealth, and died on the scaffold in 1683 for his opposition to Charles II. Sidney's voluminous Discourses Concerning Government was published after his death, but the earlier and more vivid Court Maxims was only recently rediscovered in a manuscript in Warwick Castle. Written during Sidney's continental exile, Court Maxims reveals the international character of republican thought. Its dialogue structure presents a lively discussion about the principles of government and the practice of politics, articulating a vital tradition of republicanism in an age of absolutism. These characteristics make Court Maxims a unique text, essential reading for anyone interested in republicanism or Early Modern political thought
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A made-up set: v. 1-2 of Political classics, with the appendix from v. 3 bound in at end of v. 2. ; v. 1. Life, memoirs, &c. of Algernon Sydney. Trial of Algernon Sydney. Apology of Algernon Sydney. Discourses on government. v. 2. Discourses on government. Appendix: Letters of Algernon Sydney. ; Mode of access: Internet.
Originally published: London : Printed and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1698. ; Includes bibliographical references and index. ; Mode of access: Internet.
Includes index. ; Includes: The copy of a paper delivered to the sheriffs, upon the scaffold on Tower-hill, on Friday, December 7, 1683 / by Algernon Sidney, esq., immediately before his death, p. xxiii-xxvi. ; First published in 1698, though written ca. 1680 in reply to Filmer's Patriarcha, or, The natural power of kings asserted. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; 2
"This is an answer to Filmer's 'Patriarcha'."--Dict. of nat. biog., v. 52. p. 209. ; Library has only v.2 which contains chapter II, section 23 and all of chapter III; letters taken from the Sydney papers, contained in an appendix. ; Mode of access: Internet.
Various pages blank, including p. [1] at end. ; Essay on love (with half title): p. [267]-287. ; An answer to Robert Filmer's Patriarcha. Cf. DNB. ; Wrongly attributed to William Scott, Baron Stowell, by the BM. Cf. DNB. ; Essay on love first published in 1748. ; First published in 1698 under title: Discourses concerning government. ; Mode of access: Internet.