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Filed under: Biography -- Early works to 1800- Vitae Selectorum Aliquot Virorum Qui Doctrinâ, Dignitate, Aut Pietate Inclaruere (in Latin; London: A. G. and J. P., 1681), by William Bates
Filed under: Classical biography -- Early works to 1800- The Tragedies, Gathered by Ihon Bochas, of All Such Princes as Fell From Theyr Estates Throughe the Mutability of Fortune Since the Creacion of Adam (this copy appears to have the title page of "A Memorial of Suche Princes", a related suppressed publication, rather than this work's intended title page; London: J. Wayland, ca. 1554), by Giovanni Boccaccio, trans. by John Lydgate, contrib. by William Baldwin (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Aemilius Probus, De Excellentibus Ducibus Exterarum Gentium; et, Cornelli Nepotis Quae Supersunt (in Latin; Basel: Bibliopolii Schweighauseriani, 1841), by Cornelius Nepos, ed. by Karl Ludwig Roth (page images at HathiTrust)
Filed under: Ethics -- Early works to 1800- Opuscoli Morali di Leon Batista Alberti (in Italian; Venice: Appresso Francesco Franceschi, Sanese, 1568), by Leon Battista Alberti, ed. by Cosimo Bartoli (page images at HathiTrust)
- Three Discourses of Happiness, Virtue, and Liberty, Collected From the Works of the Learn'd Gassendi (London: Printed for Awnsham and J. Churchil, 1699), by Pierre Gassendi, ed. by François Bernier (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- A Treatise of Morall Phylosophie, Contayning the Sayings of the Wyse (London: E. Whitchurche, 1547)
- Gorgias (New York: Liberal Arts Press, c1952), by Plato, trans. by W. C. Helmbold (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Tragedies, Gathered by Ihon Bochas, of All Such Princes as Fell From Theyr Estates Throughe the Mutability of Fortune Since the Creacion of Adam (this copy appears to have the title page of "A Memorial of Suche Princes", a related suppressed publication, rather than this work's intended title page; London: J. Wayland, ca. 1554), by Giovanni Boccaccio, trans. by John Lydgate, contrib. by William Baldwin (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Charmides, by Plato, trans. by Benjamin Jowett (Gutenberg text)
- Charmides, by Plato, trans. by W. R. M. Lamb (HTML at Perseus)
- The Critique of Practical Reason, by Immanuel Kant, trans. by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (Gutenberg text)
- De Officiis, by Marcus Tullius Cicero, trans. by Walter Miller (HTML at stoics.com)
- The Distichs of Cato: A Famous Medieval Textbook, trans. by Wayland Johnson Chase (multieple formats at archive.org)
- Eudemian Ethics, by Aristotle (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, by Immanuel Kant, trans. by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (Gutenberg text)
- Gorgias, by Plato, trans. by Benjamin Jowett (Gutenberg text)
- Gorgias, by Plato, trans. by W. R. M. Lamb (HTML at Perseus)
- Groundlaying: Kant's Search for the Highest Principle of Morality (German editions and English translations of Kants's Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, with commentary), by Immanuel Kant, ed. by Stephen Orr (multiple formats with commentary at appspot.com)
- The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, by Immanuel Kant, trans. by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (Gutenberg text)
- Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle, trans. by W. D. Ross
- Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle, trans. by H. Rackham (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, Newly Translated into English (third edition; London: Longmans, Green, 1879), by Aristotle, trans. by Robert Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
- Plutarch's Morals: Ethical Essays (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1898), by Plutarch, ed. by A. R. Shilleto (Gutenberg text and page images)
- Plutarch's Morals: Theosophical Essays (London: George Bell and Sons, 1908), by Plutarch, trans. by C. W. King (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Sayings of the Wise, or, Food for Thought: A Book of Moral Wisdom, Gathered From the Ancient Philosophers (London: E. Stock, 1908), by William Baldwin
- The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted, and Its Impossibility Demonstrated; With a Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (3 volumes; London: T. Tegg, 1845), by Ralph Cudworth, trans. by John Harrison, contrib. by Johann Lorenz Mosheim
- Ad Lucilium Epistolae Morales (in Latin and English; 3 volumes; London: W. Heinemann; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1918-1925), by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, trans. by Richard M. Gummere
- The Philosophy of Law: An Exposition of the Fundamental Principles of Jurisprudence as the Science of Right (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1887), by Immanuel Kant, trans. by W. Hastie (HTML and PDF files at libertyfund.org)
- Protagoras, by Plato, trans. by Benjamin Jowett (Gutenberg text)
- Protagoras, by Plato, trans. by W. R. M. Lamb (HTML at Perseus)
Filed under: Health -- Early works to 1800Filed under: Marriage -- Early works to 1800- The Comforts of Matrimony, or Love's Last Shift: Consisting of Matrimonial Dialogues Between Persons of All Ranks and Degrees, From the Peer to the Peasant (London: Fielding and Walker, 1780), by Edward Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
- Friendly Advice Comprehending General Heads of Qualifications Requisite for Those Who Wish to Marry Well and Live Happy, Compiled and Translated From Different Authors (London: Printed for the author, 1794), by Cesare Mussolini
- The Ladies Defence: or, The Bride-Woman's Counsellor Answer'd (London: Printed for J. Deeve, 1701), by Mary Lee Chudleigh (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- A Woorke of the Holy Bishop S. Augustine Concernyng Adulterous Mariages, Written by Him to Pollentius, Divided into Two Bookes, Very Necessary to be Knowen of All Men and Women (1550), by Saint Augustine of Hippo (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- The Judgment of Martin Bucer Concerning Divorce, by Martin Bucer, trans. by John Milton (HTML at Michigan)
- Munster Village: A Novel (2 volumes; London: Printed for Robson and Co., et al., 1778), by Mary Hamilton (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- To His Wife (Ad Uxorem), by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall (HTML with commentary at CCEL)
Filed under: Table-talk -- Early works to 1800Filed under: Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Early works to 1800Filed under: Biography -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800Filed under: Children -- Biography -- Early works to 1800Filed under: Christian saints -- Biography -- Early works to 1800- Le Sagre Metamorfosi Rappresentate Nelle Vite di Dieci Santissime Donne, Che Sotto l'Abito di Diverso Sesso, Giunsero ad un'alto Grado di Perfezione Evangelica (in Italian; Rome: Bernabo, 1710), by Anton Maria Bonucci (multiple formats at Google)
- The Legende, Named in Latyn Legenda Aurea, That is to Say in Englysshe the Golden Legende (London: Wynkyn de Worde, 1527), by de Voragine Jacobus, trans. by William Caxton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Aelfric's Lives of Saints: Being a Set of Sermons on Saints' Days Formerly Observed by the English Church (London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by N. Trubner and Co., 1881), by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric, ed. by Walter W. Skeat (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Golden Legend (unique very early printed copy of selections, missing some pages; 1483), by Jacobus de Voragine, trans. by William Caxton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints, by Jacobus de Voragine, ed. by Frederick Startridge Ellis, trans. by William Caxton (HTML with commentary at Fordham)
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