♄The Emerald TabletHermes Trismegistus (attributed)alchemical aphorisms · medieval Latin recension13 clauses
ЖThe Primary Chronicle (The Tale of Bygone Years)Attributed to Nestor the Chroniclerchronicle · c. 1113–1118 CE46 chapters
𓂀The Edwin Smith Surgical PapyrusUnknownmedical treatise · c. 1600 BCE copy of a text composed in the Old Kingdom17 parts
𓊽The Instruction of PtahhotepPtahhotep (attributed)wisdom instruction · Old Kingdom composition; Middle Kingdom witness16 sections
易I Ching (Book of Changes)Unknown (traditionally attributed to King Wen, the Duke of Zhou and Confucius)divination classic and commentaries · c. 1000–200 BCE69 sections
☿The Poimandres (Corpus Hermeticum I)Hermes Trismegistus (attributed)Hermetic revelation · 1st–3rd c. CE, Roman Egypt2 parts
𓊽The Instruction of AmenemopeUnknown Egyptian sagewisdom teaching · Ramesside to early 1st millennium BCE10 parts
𓇳The Admonitions of IpuwerIpuwer (attributed)lament and dialogue · composed c. 1850–1600 BCE; copied c. 1250 BCE17 columns
𓆣The Tale of Two BrothersUnknown (copied by the scribe Ennana)tale · c. 1200 BCE (19th Dynasty)19 pages
𓋹The Prophecies of NefertiUnknownprophecy · composed c. 1900 BCE (12th Dynasty); copied in the 18th Dynasty3 parts
☽Awakening to Reality (Wuzhen Pian)Zhang Boduanalchemical poems · Northern Song, preface dated 10755 parts
❦An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsAdam Smithpolitical economy · 1776152 parts
𓆣The Satire of the Trades (The Teaching of Khety)Khety, son of Duauf (attributed)instruction · composed c. 1900 BCE (12th Dynasty); copied c. 1200 BCE7 parts
AVEAn Economic History of Rome to the End of the RepublicTenney Frankeconomic history · 1920 CE19 chapters
⚜The Description of the World: Marco Polo in China (Book Two)Marco Polotravel account · c. 1300 (French text of 1556)8 parts
❦Philosophicall Rudiments concerning Government and Society (De Cive)Thomas Hobbespolitical philosophy · 165146 parts
§Discourse on Inequality (Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes)Jean-Jacques Rousseaupolitical philosophy · 175519 parts
☽The Golden Elixir (Baopuzi, Inner Chapter 4)Ge Hongalchemical treatise · Eastern Jin, c. 320 CE5 parts
☸NewDiamond Sutra (Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra)Unknownsutra · c. 2nd–5th century CE32 sections
⚜Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. JohnIsaac Newtonscripture and prophecy commentary · published 1733, posthumous32 parts
𓊽The Tales of the Magicians (Papyrus Westcar)Unknowntales · composed c. 1800–1650 BCE; copied in the Second Intermediate Period12 parts
§The Mathematicall Praeface to the Elements of GeometrieJohn Deetreatise on the mathematical sciences · 157034 parts
𓆣Book of the Dead, Spell 125ATraditional composition; Papyrus Nu witnessfunerary declaration · New Kingdom EgyptOne part
☽The Yellow Court Scripture, Inner Landscape (Huangting Neijing Jing)Unknown (Daoist scripture)Daoist inner-alchemy scripture · Wei-Jin, 3rd–4th c. CE3 parts
☉The Kinship of the Three (Zhouyi Cantong Qi)Wei Boyang (attributed)alchemical treatise · Eastern Han, 2nd c. CE6 parts
♄Making Gold and Silver (Baopuzi, Inner Chapter 16)Ge Hongalchemical treatise · Eastern Jin, c. 320 CE2 parts
§NewThe World as Will and Representation, Volume IArthur Schopenhauerphilosophy · 1819; third edition 18598 books
⚜NewElements of the Philosophy of RightGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegelpolitical philosophy · 1820/1821362 sections
⚜NewL’Ingénu, histoire véritable tirée des manuscrits du P. QuesnelVoltairephilosophical tale · 176720 chapters
عAli Baba and the Forty ThievesAntoine Galland, from the telling of Hannā Diyābtale · told 1709; printed 171714 parts
☉The Yellow Emperor’s Scripture of the Hidden Tally (Huangdi Yinfu Jing)Unknown (attributed to the Yellow Emperor)Daoist scripture · traditionally Warring States to Tang; Daozang textOne part
☿Four Hundred Characters on the Golden Elixir (Jindan Sibaizi)Zhang Boduanalchemical poems · Northern Song, 11th c. CE2 parts
☉The General Discourse to Asclepius (Corpus Hermeticum II)Hermes Trismegistus (attributed)Hermetic dialogue · c. 2nd c. CE, Roman EgyptOne part
☉Drugs of the Immortals (Baopuzi, Inner Chapter 11)Ge Hongalchemical treatise · Eastern Jin, c. 320 CE5 parts
詩Three Hundred Tang Poemscompiled by Hengtang Tuishi (Sun Zhu)poetry anthology · poems 618–907 CE; compiled 17638 sections
𓆣The Teaching of King Amenemhat IAmenemhat I (attributed)instruction · composed c. 1900 BCE (12th Dynasty); copied c. 1200 BCE3 parts
𓇳Book of the Dead, Spell 125BTraditional composition; Papyrus Maiherperi witnessnegative declarations · New Kingdom Egypt42 declarations
SPQRCommentaries on the Gallic WarJulius Caesar; Book 8 continued by Aulus Hirtiusmilitary history · 58–50 BCE8 books