Adam Ferguson - Selected primary works.

  1. Ferguson, Adam. 1904. Abhandlung über die Geschichte der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft. Aus dem englischen Original, und zwar der Ausgabe letzter Hand (7. Aufl. 1814) ins Deutsche übertragen von Valentine Dorn und eingeleitet von Heinrich Waentig. Jena: G. Fischer.

  2. 1767. An essay on the history of civil society. Edinburgh: A. Millar & T. Caddel, London.

  3. 1768. An essay on the history of civil society. The second edition, corrected. ed. London: Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell ..., and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, Edinburgh.

  4. 1773. An essay on the history of civil society. The fourth edition, revised and corrected. -- ed. London: Printed for T. Caddel [sic] 2E..; and A. Kincaid, W. Creech, and J. Bell, Edinburgh.

  5. 1809. An essay on the history of civil society. 7th ed. Boston: Hastings, Etheridge and Bliss.

  6. 1971. An essay on the history of civil society. New York: Garland Pub.
    "Facsimile ... made from a copy in the Yale University Library [originally published in 1767]".

  7. 1980. Essay on the history of civil society. Social Science Classics Series. New Brunswick, N.J: Transaction Books.
    Reprint of the 1966 ed. published by the Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.

  8. 1799. The history of the progress and termination of the Roman Republic. New ed. rev. and corr. ed. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute.

  9. 1827. The history of the progress and termination of the Roman republic. London: Jones & Co.

  10. 1837. The history of the progress and termination of the Roman republic; complete in one volume. London: Jones.
    Additional engraved title page.

  11. 1800. Institutes of moral philosophy. A new ed., enl. ed. Basil: Printed by J. Decker.

  12. 1773. Institutes of moral philosophy, for the use of students in the College of Edinburgh. The 2d ed. rev. and corr. ed. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid & W. Creech and J. Bell; sold in London by S. Crowder [etc 2E].

  13. 1792. Principles of moral and political science : being chiefly a retrospect of lectures delivered in the College of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and W. Creech, Edinburgh.

  14. Ferguson, Adam, Claude François Bergier, and Alexandre Joseph Meunier. 1783. Essai sur l'histoire de la société civile 2E Paris: La veuve Desaint.
    Translated by Claude François Bergier and Alexandre Joseph Meunier 2E Cf. Bibl. nat. cat.

  15. Ferguson, Adam, and Duncan Forbes. 1978. An essay on the history of civil society, 1767. Paperback ed. -- ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
    Includes index.

  16. 1966. An essay on the history of civil society, 1767; edited, with an introduction. Edinburgh: University Press.

  17. Ferguson, Adam, David Hume, and David R. Raynor. 1982. History of the proceedings in the case of Margaret, commonly called Peg, only lawful sister to John Bull, Esq. Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press.
    Previously published as: The history of the proceedings in the case of Margaret, commonly called Peg, only lawful sister to John Bull, Esq.

  18. Ferguson, Adam, Robert of Thurston bookplate Hunter, and C. B. bookplate Macpherson. 1768. An essay on the history of civil society. The third edition, corrected. -- ed. London: Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell 2E.., and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, Edinburgh.

  19. Ferguson, Adam, C. B. bookplate Macpherson, and Emrys Huw binder Evans. 1769. Institutes of moral philosophy : for the use of students in the College of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid & J. Bell 2E

  20. Ferguson, Adam, and Vincenzo Merolle. 1995. Correspondence. London ; Brookfield, VT: William Pickering.

  21. Ferguson, Adam, Charles Samuel bookplate Milward, and Andrew Sir bookplate Agnew. 1783. The history of the progress and termination of the Roman Republic. London: Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell ..., and W. Creec= h, in Edinburgh.
    With [1] p. of advertisement at the end of v. 3.

  22. Ferguson, Adam, and Fania Oz-Salzberger. 1995. An essay on the history of civil society. Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought 2E Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
    Includes index.
    Adam Ferguson (1723-1816) was one of the central figures in the Scottish Enlightenment. His Essay on the History of Civil Society (first published in 1767) is a bold and novel attempt to reclaim the tradition of active citizenship and apply it to the modern state. Drawing on such diverse sources as classical authors and contemporary travel literature, Ferguson offers a complex model of historical advance which challenges both Hume's and Smith's embrace of modernity and the primitivism of Rousseau. Ferguson combines a subtle analysis of the emergence of modern commercial society with a critique of its abandonment of civic and communal virtues. Central to Ferguson's theory of citizenship are the themes of conflict, play, political participation and military valour. His fascination with the theory of unintended consequences as a model of historical causality does not deter him from insisting on the irreplaceable value of individual, public-minded members of political society.

  23. Ferguson, Adam, Winifred Philip, and University of Edinburgh. Library 2E 1986. The unpublished essays of Adam Ferguson. Kilberry: W.M. Philip.
    On spine: Adam Ferguson essays.

  24. Ferguson, Adam, and Richard Price. 1776. Remarks on Dr. Price's Observations on the nature of civil liberty, &c. London: Printed for G. Kearsley ...
    Attributed to Adam Ferguson--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.

Adam Ferguson - Selected secondary works 2E

  1. Bell, Robert. 1771. Now in the printing-press, and speedily will be published by subscription, in one volume octavo, price one dollar, sewed in blue boards, although the English edition is sold at four dollars. An essay on the history of civil society. By Adam Ferguson, LL.D. Professor of moral philosophy, in the University of Edinburgh. America [i.e., Philadelphia]: Printed [by Robert Bell] for the subscribers. M,DCC,LXXI, A list of whose names, as encouragers will be printed.
    Signed on p. 8: By the publisher, Robert Bell.

  2. 1773. To the sons of science in America, Robert Bell, bookseller, of Philadelphia, notifieth, that in the fall of this present year 1773, he will publish by subscription, Ferguson's Essay on the history of civil society. ... Subscriptions are also received ... for re-printing, a second American edition of Judge Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England 2E.. [Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Bell.
    Printed area measures 8.4 x 11.6 cm.

  3. Gautier, Claude. 1993. L'invention de la société civile: lectures anglo-écossaises : Mandeville, Smith, Ferguson. Recherches Politiques. Paris: Presses universitaires de France.

  4. Jack, Malcolm. 1989. Corruption & progress : the eighteenth-century debate. AMS Studies in the Eighteenth Century., no. 11. New York: AMS Press.

  5. Jogland, Herta Helena. 1959. Ursprünge und Grundlagen der Soziologie bei Adam Ferguson. Beiträge Zur Geschichte Der Sozialwissenschaften, Heft 1. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot.
    "Berichtigungen": slip inserted.

  6. Johnston, G. A., James Beattie, Adam Ferguson, Thomas Reid, and Dugald Stewart. 1915. Selections from the Scottish philosophy of common sense 2E Chicago: Open Court.

  7. Kettler, David. 1965. The social and political thought of Adam Ferguson. [Columbus]: Ohio State University Press.

  8. Oz-Salzberger, Fania. 1995. Translating the Enlightenment : Scottish civic discourse in eighteenth-century Germany. Oxford Historical Monographs. Oxford [England] : New York: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press.
    Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford.

  9. Robertson, William, and Adam Ferguson. 1768. Memorial relating to the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour, Auld, and Smellie.
    Anonymous. By William Robertson. Also attributed to Adam Ferguson. Cf. Halkett and Laing.

  10. Salvucci, Pasquale. 1972. Adam Ferguson. Sociologia e filosofia politica. Urbino: Argalìa.