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ForgeMesh Library – Modern History Shelf (1750+)
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ForgeMesh Library – Modern History Shelf (1750+) is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 curated public-domain books in modern history (post-1750), with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: History - Modern (1750+) — 5008 public-domain books including Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of public-domain books in the modern history (1750+) category, including titles, authors, and drill-down routes that allow the agent to fetch full text. Up to 50 results depending on the limit parameter, defaulting to 20.
Example use cases
Research reading list for Enlightenment era
“Can you pull the top 20 public-domain books on modern history from 1750 onward? I'm putting together a reading list about the Enlightenment and colonial period.”
Sourcing primary texts for a history course
“I'm designing a history course and need free, public-domain texts. Give me the full list of modern history books — up to 50 — from that curated ForgeMesh shelf so I can see what's available.”
Finding a specific classic historical work
“Is Common Sense by Thomas Paine or The Philippines a Century Hence available on ForgeMesh's modern history shelf? Show me the ranked list so I can get the drill-down link.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/history-modern-1750When to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain modern history books (post-1750) and want ready-made drill-down routes for full-text retrieval — especially when you don't want to scrape Project Gutenberg or build your own index. It's ideal for building reading lists, populating a history curriculum, or discovering canonical works in the modern era. Use the sibling ancient-history shelf if you need pre-1750 texts.
Side effects
- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — may return error or be capped at maximum
- Network or payment failure (x402 protocol) prevents access to the endpoint
- Endpoint returns fewer than requested books if corpus is smaller than limit
- Malformed request body causes a 400-level error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources",
"author": "Napoleon I, Emperor of the French",
"book_id": 37499,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 40942
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "History - Modern (1750+)",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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