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Takikawa Library

The Takikawa Library, the Rare Book collections of University of Hyogo, was founded in 1989 and named in recognition of the generosity of Mr Hiroshi Takikawa, a graduate of Kobe University of Commerce (now University of Hyogo) and a former president of Hyogo Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. The Takikawa Library contains two collections. One is The Library of the History of English Thought which was acquired in 1989, and it includes the following notable collections: A Collection of Rare Books by Sir William Petty and Charles Davenant and A Collection of Rare Books for the History of English Thought. The other is The Library and Papers of Sir John Richard Hicks which was acquired in 1991. Since its establishment, the Takikawa Library has played a role as a foundation for academic and educational activities of social sciences in our university. We hope that the Takikawa Library will be widely used by not only members of our university but many researchers for their academic research.

The Library of the History of English Thought

The Library & Papers of Sir John Richard Hicks (Not available: preparing to open to the public)

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The Library of the History of English Thought

A Collection of Rare Books by Sir William Petty and Charles Davenant

The library’s collection comprises the major works of Sir William Petty (1623–1687), John Graunt (1620–1674), and Charles Davenant (1656–1714) as well as related literature. Not only was Petty considered the founder of economics and statistics, but he was also known for conducting the Down Survey in Ireland. Graunt, who was a good friend of Petty’s, founded the field of demography. Davenant conducted an analysis of economic policy. Accordingly, he first applied a method of Petty’s political arithmetic to the study of England’s fiscal policy and foreign trade. In addition to the abovementioned collection, this library also contains valuable materials, including the original document on the land issues between Petty and Lord Dunsany and the reprint edition of the Down Survey maps (65 titles, 68 volumes).

Selected Rare Books in this collection

The Treatise of Taxes and Contributions By William Petty	Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, and Made upon the Bills of Mortality By John Graunt	Essays upon Ways and Means of Supplying the War By Charles Davenant

Bibliographic Information: - Published in 1662 (NCID: BB28428606) - Published in 1667 (NCID: BB28428843) - Published in 1679 (NCID: BB28430095)	Bibliographic Information: - Third edition, 1665 (NCID: BB28906388) - Fifth edition, 1676 (NCID: BB28906694)	Bibliographic Information: - Published in 1695 (NCID: BB28910352)

"The Treatise of Taxes and Contributions"　By William Petty

Bibliographic Information: - Published in 1662　(NCID: BB28428606) - Published in 1667　(NCID: BB28428843) - Published in 1679　(NCID: BB28430095)
"Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, and Made upon the Bills of Mortality"　By John Graunt

Bibliographic Information: - Third edition, 1665　(NCID: BB28906388) - Fifth edition, 1676　(NCID: BB28906694)
"Essays upon Ways and Means of Supplying the War"　By Charles Davenant

Bibliographic Information: - Published in 1695　(NCID: BB28910352)

A Collection of Rare Books for the History of English Thought

The library’s collection encompasses a wide range of the history of social, economic, and political thought in Britain and includes materials published from the sixteenth until the nineteenth centuries. The collection contains historically significant books published before the nineteenth century, including Erasmus’ The Praise of Folly (English first edition, 1549), Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan (first printing, 1651), Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature (first edition, 1739–1740), Josiah Tucker’s A Brief History of the Principles of Methodism (first edition, 1742), and Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations (first edition, 1776). Furthermore, this collection includes significant books from the nineteenth century, such as the works of Sir William Hamilton (1788–1856), Dugald Stewart (1753–1828), James Mill (1773–1836), and John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) (224 titles, 327 volumes).

Selected Rare Books in this collection

The Works of Francis Bacon	Leviathan, or, The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill By Thomas Hobbes	An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation By Jeremy Bentham

Bibliographic Information: - First edition, 1740 (NCID: BB28521623)	Bibliographic Information: - First Edition, 1651 (NCID: BB28702592)	Bibliographic Information: - First edition, 1789 (NCID: BB2856768X)

"The Works of Francis Bacon"

Bibliographic Information: - First edition, 1740　(NCID: BB28521623)
"Leviathan, or, The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill"　By Thomas Hobbes

Bibliographic Information: - First Edition, 1651　(NCID: BB28702592)
"An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation"　By Jeremy Bentham

Bibliographic Information: - First edition, 1789　(NCID: BB2856768X)

The Library & Papers of Sir John Richard Hicks

The Hicks Library comprises approximately 4000 items that Sir John Hicks and Lady Ursula Hicks assembled, including their books on economics, notebooks such as John Hicks’ lecture notes, manuscripts, and other documents.

Sir John Richard Hicks (1904–1989), a Drummond Professor of Political Economy, All Souls College, Oxford, and the 1972 Nobel laureate in economics, contributed to developing the dynamic version of the general equilibrium theory and new welfare economics. Subsequently, Ursula Kathleen Webb Hicks (1896–1985), an economist and a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford, studied public finance and was well-known as an excellent supervisor.

Sir John Hicks developed numerous fields in economics. First, he invented IS–LM analysis, which was originally developed in J.M. Keynes’ The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936). This basic analytical tool of macroeconomics was outlined in his paper entitled ‘Mr. Keynes and the “Classics”; A Suggested Interpretation,’ published in Econometrica in 1937. Subsequently, in his masterpiece Value and Capital (1939), Hicks refined and advanced the general equilibrium theory based on the economics of Alfred Marshall and Leon Walras to the dynamic theory. Together with Nicholas Kaldor, he contributed to the establishment of the new welfare economics. Furthermore, Hicks attempted to demonstrate his theoretical views of world history and finally published A Theory of Economic History (1969) to expound his understanding of the historical development of economic activities from ancient times until the Industrial Revolution.

The books and manuscripts maintained in the Hicks Library afford us the opportunity to access and trace Sir John Hicks’ contributions to various fields of economics.

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