Philosophers Set of Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books

Property from an Upper East Side Collection.

Beautifully bound selection of titles from Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books by various authors covering topics of Western European thought from ancient to modern times.

• Sold as a set of 7.
• London; New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1892-1894.
• Custom half bound leather with textured grain sides and gilt-tooled spines.
• Inscribed by original owner.

Set Comprises:

• Thucydides translated by William Smith (English).
• A Biographical History of Philosophy by G. H. Lewes (English).
• A System of Logic by John Stuart Mill (English).
• The Odes and Epodes of Horace translated by Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton (English).
• Aristotle's Ethics translated by John Gillies (Scottish).
• Novum Organum: Or True Suggestions for the Interpretation of Nature by Francis Bacon [Francis Lord Verulam] (English).
• An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (Scottish).

Lubbock’s list was originally presented to the Working Men’s College in London, of which he was the principal from 1883 to 1899. In a way, Lubbock’s list is the original ‘must-read’ list of literary classics.