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Books of the 1780s

The books we recommend first published in the 1780s — 12 titles across every category.

Elegiae Sextus Propertius · 1780 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
Kritik der reinen Vernunft Immanuel Kant · 1781 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
Notes on the state of Virginia Thomas Jefferson · 1784 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
Frogs Aristophanes · 1785 Recommended See details →
Hymns in prose for children Anna Laetitia Barbauld · 1786 Recommended See details →
The history of Sandford and Merton Thomas Day · 1786 Recommended See details →
The complete poetical works Robert Burns · 1786 Recommended See details →
Corinne Germaine de Staël · 1786 Recommended See details →
The Constitution of the United States and related documents United States · 1787 Recommended See details →
The Federalist, or, The New Constitution Alexander Hamilton · 1788 Recommended See details →
An account of the Pelew Islands George Keate · 1788 Recommended See details →
Paul et Virginie Bernardin de Saint-Pierre · 1789 Recommended See details →

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