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• The Common-Wealth of Oceana ... (London: Printed by J. Streater for L. Chapman, 1656), by James Harrington
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• A Continuation of Sir Philip Sydney's Arcadia: Wherein is Handled The Loves of Amphialus and Helena Queen of Corinth, Prince Plangus and Erona; With the Historie of the Loves of Old Claius and Young Strephon to Urania (London: Printed by W. Bentley to be sold by T. Heath, 1651), by Anna Weamys (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• The Emperor of the Moon: A Farce, As It Is Acted by Their Majesties Servants, at the Queens Theatre (second edition; London: Printed by R. Holt, for J. Knight and F. Saunders, 1688), by Aphra Behn (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• L'Isle Inconnue: ou, Mémoires du Chevalier des Gastines (6 volumes in French; Paris: Moutard, 1784-1787), by M. Grivel
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  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 6: multiple formats at archive.org
• The Oceana and Other Works of Iames Harrington (London: Printed for T. Becket, T. Cadell, and T. Evans, 1771), by James Harrington, contrib. by John Toland
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• The Oceana of James Harrington and His Other Works, Som Wherof Are Now First Publish'd From His Own Manuscripts: The Whole Collected, Methodiz'd, and Review'd, With an Exact Account of His Life Prefix'd (with "Grounds and Reasons of Monarchy" by Hall; London, 1700), by James Harrington, ed. by John Toland, contrib. by John Hall
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• Reipublicae Christianopolitanae Descriptio (in Latin; Strasbourg: L. Zetzner, 1619), by Johann Valentin Andreä
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• Utopia, by Thomas More (multiple editions)
• The Convent of Pleasure (as first published in 'Plays, never before printed'; London: Printed by A. Maxwell, 1668), by Margaret Cavendish Newcastle (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Il Mondo Della Luna: Poema Eroico-Comico (in Italian; Venice: Stamperia Remondini, 1754), by Saverio Bettinelli
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• A Journey to the World Under-Ground (London: T. Astley, 1742), by Ludvig Holberg
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• Onderaardsche reis van Claas Klim: Behelzende Eene Nieuwe Beschryving van den Aardkloot met de Historie der Vyfde tot nog toe Onbekende Monarchie (in Dutch; 's Gravenhage: I. vander Kloot, 1741), by Ludvig Holberg (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Onderaardsche reis van Claas Klim: Behelzende Eene Nieuwe Beschryving van den Aardkloot met de Historie der Vyfde tot nog toe Onbekende Monarchie (second edition, in Dutch; 's Gravenhage: P. van Thol, 1761), by Ludvig Holberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Travels and Adventures of James Massey (London: Printed for J. Watts, 1733), by Simon Tyssot de Patot
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• Voyage Merveilleux du Prince Fan-Férédin dans la Romancie (in French; Paris: P. G. Le Mercier, 1735), by G.-H. Bougeant
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• La Città del Sole (in Italian; Lugano: G. Ruggia e c., 1836), by Tommaso Campanella (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christianopolis: An Ideal State of the Seventeenth Century (from "Germanic literature and culture" series; New York et al.: Oxford University Press, 1916), by Johann Valentin Andreä, ed. by Felix Emil Held
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• The City of the Sun, by Tommaso Campanella (Gutenberg text)
• The Commonwealth of Oceana, by James Harrington (text at McMaster)
• The Commonwealth of Oceana (London et al.: G. Routledge and Sons, 1887), by James Harrington, contrib. by Henry Morley
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• James Harrington's Oceana (Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1924), by James Harrington, ed. by S. B. Liljegren
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• New Atlantis, by Francis Bacon
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• Oceana (with an introduction by Morley), by James Harrington, contrib. by Henry Morley (Gutenberg text)
• Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground: Being a Narrative of His Wonderful Descent to the Subterranean Lands, Together With an Account of the Sensible Animals and Trees Inhabiting the Planet Nazar and the Firmament (Boston: Saxton, Pierce and Co.; New York: Saxton and Miles, 1845), by Ludvig Holberg, trans. by John Gierlow (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Crisis Politica Determina el Mas Florido Imperio, y la Mejor Institucion de Principes, y Ministros (in Spanish; Madrid: Por E. Fernandez de Huerta, 1719), by Juan de Cabrera
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• The Republic (based on the 1892 edition; includes translator's full commentary), by Plato, trans. by Benjamin Jowett (Gutenberg text)
• The Republic, by Plato, trans. by Paul Shorey (HTML at Perseus)
• The Republic of Plato (1901 Collier edition), by Plato, trans. by Benjamin Jowett (HTML at Columbia)
• The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli; Utopia, by Sir Thomas More; Ninety-Five Theses, Address to the German Nobility, Concerning Christian Liberty, by Martin Luther; With Introductions and Notes (Harvard Classics v36; New York: P. F. Collier and Son, c1910), ed. by Charles William Eliot and William Allan Neilson, trans. by Ninian Hill Thomson, Ralph Robinson, R. S. Grignon, and C. A. Buchheim, contrib. by Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas More, Martin Luther, and William Roper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Utopia of Sir Thomas More : in Latin from the edition of March 1518, and in English from the 1st ed. of Ralph Robynson's translation in 1551 (Clarendon Press, 1895), by Thomas More, Ralph Robinson, and J. H. Lupton (page images at HathiTrust)
• An 2440 ([s.n.], 1771), by Louis-Sébastien Mercier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Utopia with the 'Dialogue of comfort' by Sir Thomas More (J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.;, 1910), by Thomas More (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Krinke Kesmes (By S. Lamsveld, 1732), by Hendrik Smeeks (page images at HathiTrust)
• De onderaardsche reis van Klaas Klim : behelzende eene nieuwe beschryving van den aardkloot, benevens de historie der vyfde, tot nog toe onbekende, monarchy (By de Wed. van Esveldt en Holtrop, 1778), by Ludvig Holberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyage misteriux [sic] de l'Isle de la vertu. À Oronte. (Chez Gaspard Migeot, à l'Enseigne des trois Vertus, 1739), by Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christianopolis (Oxford university press, American branch; [etc., etc.], 1916), by Johann Valentin Andreä and Felix Emil Held (page images at HathiTrust)
• Compère Matthieu. (Patris, 1796), by Henri-Joseph Du Laurens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Relation du pays de Iansenie : ou il est traitté des singularitez qui s'y trouuent, des coustumes, moeurs & religion des ses habitans. (chez la Veusue & Denys Thierry ... et au Palais, chez Claude Barbin, ..., 1660), by de Lisieux Zacharie, Claude Barbin, and Denis Thierry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Libro aureo de Marco Aurelio (En casa de Francisco de Guzman., 1574), by Francisco de Guzmán and Antonio de Guevara (page images at HathiTrust)
• A true and faithful account of the Island of Veritas : together with the forms of their liturgy; and a full relation of the religious opinions of the Veritasians, as delivered in several sermons just published in Veritas. (Printed for C. Stalker, 1790), by Benjamin Franklin, Jasper Richardson, and Nilekaw Freeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chymische Hochzeit (In Verlägung Lazari Zetzners s. Erben, 1616), by Christian Rosencreutz (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Republic of Plato (Macmillan and co., 1888), by Plato, David James Vaughn, J. Llewelyn Davies, and David James Vaughan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Platonis Opera quae feruntur omnia. (impensis Meyeri & Zelleri, 1839), by Plato, Gottfried Stallbaum, Immanuel Bekker, Henri Estienne, August Wilhelm Winckelmann, Johann Kaspar von Orelli, and Johann Georg Baiter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels into several remote nations of the world : in four parts (London : Printed for Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-Street, M,DCC,XXVI [1726], 1726), by Jonathan Swift and Benjamin Motte (page images at HathiTrust)
• De republiek van Plato : $b In het Nederduitsch overgebragt (in Dutch), by Plato, trans. by D. Burger (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Description of the Famous Kingdome of Macaria: Shewing its Excellent Government: Wherein The Inhabitants Live in Great Prosperity, Health and Happinesse; the King Obeyed, the Nobles Honoured; and All Good Men Respected, Vice Punished, and Vertue Rewarded, by Gabriel Plattes, contrib. by Francis Constable and Samuel Hartlib (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Republic of Plato, by Plato, trans. by Benjamin Jowett (Gutenberg ebook)
• De onderaardsche reis van Klaas Klim: Behelzende eene nieuwe beschrijving van den aardkloot (in Dutch), by Ludvig Holberg (Gutenberg ebook)
• Πολιτεία, Τόμος 4 (in Greek), by Plato, trans. by I. N. Grypares (Gutenberg ebook)
• Πολιτεία, Τόμος 3 (in Greek), by Plato, trans. by I. N. Grypares (Gutenberg ebook)
• Πολιτεία, Τόμος 2 (in Greek), by Plato, trans. by I. N. Grypares (Gutenberg ebook)
• Πολιτεία, Τόμος 1 (in Greek), by Plato, trans. by I. N. Grypares (Gutenberg ebook)
• Voyages et Avantures de Jaques Massé (in French), by Simon Tyssot de Patot (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Travels and Adventures of James Massey, by Simon Tyssot de Patot, trans. by Stephen Whatley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Niels Klim's journey under the ground: being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament., by Ludvig Holberg, trans. by John Gierlow (Gutenberg ebook)
• Utopia (in German), by Thomas More (Gutenberg ebook)
• De republica bene instituenda, paraenesis. English ([London] : 1559. Imprinted at London, by Ihon Kingston, for Ihon Wight, dewllyng in Poules Churchyarde, [1559]), by Johannes Ferrarius and William Bavand (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A description of the famous kingdome of Macaria, shewing its excellent government wherein the inhabitants live in great prosperity, health, and happiness : the king obeyed, the nobles honoured, and all good men respected, vice punished, and vertue rewarded : an example to other nations between a schollar and a traveller. (London : Printed for Francis Constable, 1641), by Samuel Hartlib (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Too good to be true. Part 2 (At London : Printed by Henry Binneman. Anno Domini. 1581. Cum priuilegio. Septembris 6, [1581]), by Thomas Lupton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Histoire des Sevarambes. English (London : Printed for Henry Brome ..., 1675), by Denis Vairasse d' Allais and A. Roberts (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Bourlasque news from the Antipodes ([Edinburgh : s.n., 1661]), by Thomas St. Serfe (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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