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• Popes -- Early works to 1800
• Biography -- Early works to 1800

• The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis), I: To the Pontificate of Gregory I (no more volumes known to be published in this edition; New York: Columbia University Press, 1916), ed. by Louise Ropes Loomis (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Le Liber Pontificalis: Texte, Introduction et Commentaire (2 volumes, in French and Latin; Paris: E. Thorin, 1886-1892), ed. by L. Duchesne
  • Book 1: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • Book 2: page images at HathiTrust; US access only

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• The Lives of the Popes, From the Accession of Gregory VII to the Death of Paul II (London: Griffin, Farran, Okeden and Welsh, n.d.), by Platina, ed. by William Benham (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Lives of the Popes, From the Time of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to the Accession of Gregory VII (London: Griffin and Farran, n.d.), by Platina, ed. by William Benham (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Pageant of the Popes (New York: Sheed and Ward, 1942), by John Farrow (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)

• Regesten der Kaiser und Päpste für die Jahre 311 bis 476 n. Chr. (in German; Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler, 1919), by Otto Seeck
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • facsimile reprint: PDF in Switzerland; 172 MB

• A True History of the Lives of the Popes of Rome: With a Description of Their Particular Vices (London: Printed for H. M. and R. T., ca. 1679) (PDF at Yale)

• A Treatyse of the Donation or Gyfte and Endowmet of Possessyons, Gyuen and Graunted Unto Syluester Pope of Rhome, by Constantyne Emperour of Rome, and What Truth is in the same Graut Thou Mayst Se, and Rede ye Iugement of Certayne Great Lerned Men, Whose Names on the Other Page of This Leafe Done Appere (English translation of Valla's criticism of the purported Donation of Constantine, with a translation of the Donation text and related writings by others; London: Printed by T. Godfray for W. Marshall, 1534), by Lorenzo Valla, contrib. by Ulrich von Hutten (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Vitae Selectorum Aliquot Virorum Qui Doctrinâ, Dignitate, Aut Pietate Inclaruere (in Latin; London: A. G. and J. P., 1681), by William Bates
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • 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)
• 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)

• 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)
  • negative page images at HathiTrust
  • HTML at EEBO TCP
• 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)
• Ethica: In Meetkundigen Trant Uiteengezet, Vertaald, Ingeleid en Toegelicht (in Dutch), by Benedictus de Spinoza, ed. by Nico van Suchtelen (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Ethics, by Benedictus de Spinoza, trans. by R. H. M. Elwes (Gutenberg text)
• 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)
• L'Etica (in Italian; Milan: Istituto Editoriale Italiano, ca. 1914), by Benedictus de Spinoza, trans. by Erminio Troilo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, by Immanuel Kant, trans. by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (Gutenberg text)
• Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle, trans. by W. D. Ross
  • HTML with chapter headings at nothingistic.org
  • PDF at McMaster
• 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
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• 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
  • Volume I: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume III: multiple formats at Google
• 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
  • Volume I (introduction, and letters 1-65); multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (letters 66-92); multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (letters 93-124, with appendices and indexes); multiple formats at archive.org
• 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)

• A Guide to Health Through the Various Stages of Life (London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1754), by Bernard Lynch (page images at NIH)
• A Guide to Old Age: or, A Cure for the Indiscretions of Youth (2 volumes; London: J. W. Myers, 1797), by William Brodum
  • Volume I (5th edition): page images at NIH
  • Volume II (4th edition): page images at NIH

• 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
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• 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)

• The Table-Talk of John Selden (second edition; London: J. R. Smith, 1856), by John Selden, ed. by Ri. Milward and Samuel Weller Singer (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Table Talk of John Selden (Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1892), by John Selden, ed. by Ri. Milward and Samuel Harvey Reynolds (multiple formats at archive.org)

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