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Great books of the Western World / Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., in collaboration with the University of Chicago ; [Robert Maynard Hutchins, editor in chief.

Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977 (Added Author). Aeschylus. Persae. English. v.5. (Added Author). Aeschylus. Suppliant maidens. v.5. (Added Author). Aeschylus. Seven against Thebes. v.5. (Added Author). Aeschylus. Pometheus bound. v.5. (Added Author). Aeschylus. Agamemnon. v.5. (Added Author). Aeschylus. Choephori. v.5. (Added Author). Aeschylus. Eumenides. v.5. (Added Author). Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. v.5. (Added Author). Sophocles. Oedipus at Colonus. v.5. (Added Author). Sophocles. Antigone. v.5. (Added Author). Sophocles. Ajax. v.5. (Added Author). Sophocles. Electra. v.5. (Added Author). Sophocles. Trachiniae. v.5. (Added Author). Sophocles. Philoctetes. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Medea. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Alcestis. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Hippolytus. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Heracleidae. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Supplices. English. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Trojan women. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Ion. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Helen. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Andromache. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Electra. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Bacchae. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Hecuba. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Heracles mad. (Added Author). Euripides. Phoenician maidens. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Orestes. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Iphigenia in Tauris. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Iphigenia in Aulis. v.5. (Added Author). Euripides. Cyclops. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Acharnians. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Knights. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Clouds. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Wasps. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Peace. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Birds. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Frogs. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Lysistrata. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Thesmophoriazusae. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Ecclesizusae. v.5. (Added Author). Aristophanes. Plutus. v.5. (Added Author). Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. v.6. (Added Author). Plato. Epistles. 7th. English. v.7. (Added Author). Galen. Naturalibus facultatibus. English. v.10. (Added Author). Euclid. Elements. v.11. (Added Author). Archimedes. Works of Archimedes including the method. v.11. (Added Author). Apollonius, of Perga. v.11. (Added Author). Nicomachus, of Gerasa. Introductio arithmetica. v.11. (Added Author). Lucretius Carus, Titus. Rerum natura. English. v.12. (Added Author). Epictetus. Discourses. v.12. (Added Author). Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, (Added Author). Virgil. Bucolica. v.13. (Added Author). Virgil. Georgics. v.13. (Added Author). Virgil. Aeneid. v.13. (Added Author). Plutarch. Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans. v.14. (Added Author). Tacitus. Annals. v.15. (Added Author). Tacitus. Histories. v.15. (Added Author). Ptolemy, Almagest. v.16. (Added Author). Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. English. v.16. (Added Author). Kepler. Epitomes of Copernican astronomy: IV and V. v.16. (Added Author). Kepler. Harmonies of the world: V. v.16. (Added Author). Plotinus. Six enneads. v.17. (Added Author). Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, Confessions. v.18. (Added Author). Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, City of God, v.18. (Added Author). Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, De doctrina Christiana. English. v.18. (Added Author). Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225-1225?-1274. Summa theologica. v.19. (Added Author). Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225-1225?-1274. Summa theologica. v.20. (Added Author). Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 Divine comedy. v.21. (Added Author). Chaucer (Junior). Troilus and Cressida. v.22. (Added Author). Chaucer (Junior). Canterbury tales. v.22. (Added Author). Machiavelli. Prince. v.23. (Added Author). Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 Leviathan. v.23. (Added Author). Gallis, Alfredo, 1859-1910 Gargantua and pantagruel. v.24. (Added Author). Montaigne, abbé. Essays. v.25. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 King Henry VI. Part 1. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 King Henry VI. Part 2. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 King Henry VI. Part 3. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 King Richard III. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Comedy of errors. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Titus Andronicus. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Two gentlemen of Verona. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Taming of the shrew. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Love's labour's lost. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Romeo and Juliet. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 King Richard II. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Midsummer night's dream. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Lif and death of King John. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 King Henry IV. Part 1. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Second part of King Henry the Fourth. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Much ado about nothing. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Life of King Henry the Fifth. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Julius Caesar. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 As you like it. v.26. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Twelfth night. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, 1564-1616 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Merry wives of Windsor. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Troilus anc Cressida. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 All's well that ends well. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Measure for measure. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Othello. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 King Lear. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Macbeth. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Antony and Cleopatra. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Coriolanus. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Timon of Athens. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Pericles. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Cymbeline. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Winter's tale. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Tempest. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 King Henry VIII. v.27. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Sonnets. v.27. (Added Author). Gilbert, William. On the loadstone and magnetic bodies. v.28. (Added Author). Homer. Iliad. v.4. (Added Author). Homer. Odyssey. v.4. (Added Author). Herodotus. History. English. v.6. (Added Author). Plato. Dialogues. v.7. (Added Author). Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche. English. v.28. (Added Author). Harvey. On the motion of the heart and blood in animals. v.28. (Added Author). Harvey. On the circulation of the blood. v.28. (Added Author). Harvey. On the generation of animals. v.28. (Added Author). Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 (Added Author). Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974 Rules for the direction of the mind. v.31. (Added Author). Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974 Discourse on the method. v.31. (Added Author). Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974 Meditations on first philosophy. v.31. (Added Author). Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974 Objections against the meditations and replies. v.31. (Added Author). Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974 Geometry. v.31. (Added Author). Milton. English minor poems. v.32. (Added Author). Milton. Paradise lost. v.32. (Added Author). Milton. Samson Agonistes. v.32. (Added Author). Milton. Areopagitica. v.32. (Added Author). Pascal. Provincial letters. v.33. (Added Author). Pascal. Pensees. v.33. (Added Author). Pascal. Scientific treatises. v.33. (Added Author). Newton, John, 1725-1807 Mathematical principles of natural philosophy. v.34. (Added Author). Huygens. Treatise on light. v.34. (Added Author). Locke. Letter concerning toleration. v.35. (Added Author). Locke. Concerning civil government, second essay. v.35. (Added Author). Berkeley, George, 1685-1753 Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge. v.35. (Added Author). Locke. Essay concerning human understanding. v.35. (Added Author). Hume. Enquiry concerning human understanding. v.35. (Added Author). Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 Gulliver's travels. v.36. (Added Author). Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman. v.36. (Added Author). Fielding. History of Tom Jones. v.37. (Added Author). Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755 De l'esprit des lois. English. v.38. (Added Author). Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 On the origin of inequality. v.38. (Added Author). Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 Discours sur l'oeconomie politique. English. v.38. (Added Author). Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 Du contrat social. English. v.38. (Added Author). Smith. Inquiry. v.39. (Added Author). Smith. Into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. v.39. (Added Author). Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. v.40. (Added Author). Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. v.41. (Added Author). Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 Kritik der reinen Vernunft. English. v.42. (Added Author). Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 Kritik der praktischen Vernunft. English. v.42. (Added Author). Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 Kritik der Urteilskraft. English. v.42. (Added Author). Hamilton. Federalist. v.43. (Added Author). Mill. On liberty. v.43. (Added Author). Mill. Representative government. v.43. (Added Author). Mill. Utilitarianism. v.43. (Added Author). Boswell (Fictitious character). Life of Smauel Johnson. v.44. (Added Author). Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794 Traité élémentaire de chimie. English. v.45. (Added Author). Fourier, Charles, 1772-1837 Analytical theory of heat. v.45. (Added Author). Faraday. Experimental researches in electricity. v.45. (Added Author). Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831 Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts. English. v.46. (Added Author). Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831 Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Geschichte. English. v.46. (Added Author). Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 Faust. v.47. (Added Author). Melville. Moby Dick; or, The whale. v.48. (Added Author). Darwin. Descent of man and selection in relation to sex. v.49. (Added Author). Darwin. Origin of the species by means of natural selection. v.49. (Added Author). Tolstoy. War and peace. v.51. (Added Author). James. Principles of psychology. v.53. (Added Author). Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 (Added Author).

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  • Physical Description: 54 volumes : illustrations, maps. ; 25 cm
  • Edition: Founders' edition.
  • Publisher: [Chicago] : W. Benton, [1952]

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