# ForgeMesh Library – Political Science Early Works to 1800

> 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.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/political-science-early-works-to-1800
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-political-science-early-works-to-1800-b9f12a5a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_qUvgSv6zy838JohY-zI4w

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability forgemesh-library-political-science-early-works-to-1800-b9f12a5a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 10 public-domain political science classics from before 1800 — things like The Republic and Leviathan — so I can pick one to read?

## When to prefer this

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.

## Known failure modes

- 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

## 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.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "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"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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