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Title Page of Two Treatises of Government
Title page of Two Treatises of Government by the English philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), first published in 1689.

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Title Page, Treatise of Human Nature
The title page of Treatise on Human Nature by the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). A key text of the Enlightenment, it was first published in 1740. The quote from Tacitus reads: "It is the rare happiness of these days that one...

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Title Page of Shakespeare's Sonnets, 1609
Title page of Shakespeare's Sonnets, a quarto published by Thomas Thorpe in London, 1609.
Folger Shakespeare Library.

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Title Page of Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, 1773
Title page of Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, 1773.
Houghton Library, Harvard University.

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Title Page of Beethoven's Third Symphony
The original title page of the Third Symphony 'Eroica' by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). The symphony was completed in 1803.

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Title Page of Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
Title page of the 1830 edition of David Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World.

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Title Page, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
The title page of A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797). The book, first published in 1792, called for greater educational opportunities for women and equality with men. (Library of Congress)

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Title Page of Second Discourse by Rousseau
The title page of Second Discourse by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), first published in 1755.

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Title Page of Canterbury Tales
The title page from a 1542 edition of Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 - 1400 CE). This edition was edited by William Thynne (c. 16th Century - 1546 CE) and is one of the most valuable surviving manuscripts, containing also The...

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Title Page of the Handbook of the Christian Soldier by Erasmus
The title page of the 1555 CE edition of Handbook of the Christian Soldier (Enchiridion Militis Christiani) by the Netherlandish Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1469-1536 CE). (Skokloster Castle, Sweden)