Curious thoughts on the history of man; : chiefly abridged or selected from the celebrated works of Lord Kaimes, Lord Monboddo, Dr. Dunbar, and the immortal Montesquieu:replete with useful and entertaining instruction, on a variety of important and popular subjects; viz. population, language, manners, property, love, matrimony, polygamy, marriage-ceremonies, commerce, government, patriotism, agriculture, peace and war, taxes, music, gaming, luxury, &c. Designed to promote a spirit of enquiry in the youth of both sexes, and to make the philosophy, as well as history of the human species, familiar to ordinary capacities. /
Adams, John,1750?-1814.
Dublin: : Printed by William Porter, for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, B. Dornin, and W. Jones.,
1790..
First published in London in 1789.
Alston III
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Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782.
Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord, 1714-1799.
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755
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