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French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.

A treatise on the social compact; Or The principles of Politic Law. By J.J. Rousseau, citizen of Geneva.

A treatise on the social compact; or the principles of politic law. By J. J. Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva.

Animals and why they matter / Mary Midgley.

A treatise on government: being a review of the doctrine of an original contract. More particularly as it respects the rights of government, and the duty of allegiance.

The spirit of laws. Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. The fifth edition. In two volumes. ... . ---- Prolem Sine Matre Creatam.

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A treatise on the social compact; Or The principles of Politic Law. By J.J. Rousseau, citizen of Geneva.

A treatise on the social compact; or the principles of politic law. By J. J. Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva.

Animals and why they matter / Mary Midgley.

A treatise on government: being a review of the doctrine of an original contract. More particularly as it respects the rights of government, and the duty of allegiance.

The spirit of laws. Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. The fifth edition. In two volumes. ... . ---- Prolem Sine Matre Creatam.