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ForgeMesh Library – Political Science Early Works to 1800
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ForgeMesh Library – Political Science Early Works to 1800 is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain political science classics (pre-1800) such as The Republic, Leviathan, and Common Sense, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Political science -- Early works to 1800 — 11 public-domain books including The Republic, Leviathan, Common Sense. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain political science books published before 1800 (e.g. The Republic, Leviathan, Common Sense), each with title, author, ranking, and drill-down routes to retrieve the full text. No API key or license required.
Example use cases
Researching classical political theory
“I'm writing a paper on early theories of sovereignty — can you give me a ranked list of the top 15 pre-1800 political philosophy books that are freely available, like Leviathan or The Social Contract?”
Building a reading list for students
“I need to put together a reading list of foundational political science texts from before 1800 for my political theory course — can you list up to 30 of the most important ones?”
Discovering a specific public-domain classic
“Can you find me Common Sense by Thomas Paine in that public-domain political science library and give me the route to read the full text?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/political-science-early-works-to-1800When to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-filtered list of canonical pre-1800 political science and political philosophy classics in the public domain, without needing to query a general-purpose book search engine. Ideal for research assistants, reading-list generators, or educational tools that want authoritative political theory works (Plato, Hobbes, Paine, Locke, etc.) without licensing concerns.
Side effects
- limit parameter exceeds 50 — may return error or be capped at max
- limit set to 0 or negative — likely returns empty list or validation error
- network/service unavailability returning a non-200 response
- payment failure via x402 protocol blocking the request
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": "The Republic",
"author": "Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE",
"book_id": 150,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 9563
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Political science -- Early works to 1800",
"coverage": {
"target": 860,
"indexed": 860
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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