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Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952, by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The books are in good condition. The binding and boards are tight. I have included pictures for your consideration. Please reach out with any questions. Below you can find the contents of each available book in the series. Volume 12 Lucretius On the Nature of Things (translated by H.A.J. Munro) Epictetus The Discourses (translated by George Long) Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (translated by George Long) Volume 16 Ptolemy Almagest, (translated by R. Catesby Taliaferro) Nicolaus Copernicus On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres (translated by Charles Glenn Wallis) Johannes Kepler (translated by Charles Glenn Wallis) Epitome of Copernican Astronomy (Books IV–V) The Harmonies of the World (Book V) Volume 20 Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica (Selections from second and third parts and supplement, translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province and revised by Daniel J. Sullivan) Volume 23 Niccolò Machiavelli The Prince Thomas Hobbes Leviathan Volume 24 François Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel, but only up to book 4. Volume 25 Michel Eyquem de Montaigne Essays Volume 26 William Shakespeare The First Part of King Henry the Sixth The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth The Tragedy of Richard the Third The Comedy of Errors Titus Andronicus The Taming of the Shrew The Two Gentlemen of Verona Love's Labour's Lost Romeo and Juliet The Tragedy of King Richard the Second A Midsummer Night's Dream The Life and Death of King John The Merchant of Venice The First Part of King Henry the Fourth The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth Much Ado About Nothing The Life of King Henry the Fifth Julius Caesar As You Like It Volume 28 William Gilbert On the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies Galileo Galilei Dialogues Concerning the Two New Sciences William Harvey On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals On the Circulation of Blood On the Generation of Animals Volume 29 Miguel de Cervantes The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha (translated by John Ormsby) Volume 30 Sir Francis Bacon The Advancement of Learning Novum Organum New Atlantis Volume 31 René Descartes Rules for the Direction of the Mind Discourse on the Method Meditations on First Philosophy Objections Against the Meditations and Replies The Geometry Benedict de Spinoza Ethics Volume 33 Blaise Pascal The Provincial Letters Pensées Scientific and mathematical essays