Beacon Lights of History. Vol.III: Ancient Achievements. Contents: Governments and laws (greek and roman jurisprudence) - The fine arts (architecture, sculpture, painting) - Ancient scientific knowledge (astronomy, geography, etc.) - Material life of the Ancients (mechanical and useful arts) - The military art (weapons, engines, discipline) - Cicero (roman literature) - Cleopatra (the woman of paganism) - Pagan society (glory and shame).

Contents: William IV (english reforms) - Sir Robert Peel (political economy) - Cavour (united Italy) - Czar Nicholas (the Crimean War) - Louis Napoleon (the Second Empire) - Prince Bismarck (the German Empire) - William Ewart Gladstone (the enfranchisement of the people). New York, James Clarke & Company 1891, cm.15x22, pp.377,(5), 16 incis. in bn.ft. di cui una protetta da velina all'antip., rilegatura coeva in mz.pelle verde scuro con grandi angoli ai piatti, dorso a 4 nervi con titoli e filetti in oro al dorso, piatti in tela grigia. (piccole abrasioni alle cerniere esterne.)

Contents: Cyrus the Great (asiatic supremacy) - Julius Caesar (imperialism) - Marcus Aurelius (the glory of Rome) - Constantine the Great (Christianity enthroned) - Paula (woman as friend) - Chrysostom (sacred eloquence) - Saint Ambrose (episcopal authority) - Saint Augustine (christian theology) - Theodosius the Great (latter days of Rome) - Leo the Great (foundation of the papacy). New York, James Clarke & Company 1888, cm.15x22, pp.(2),395,(5), 16 incis. in bn.ft. di cui una protetta da velina all'antip., rilegatura coeva in mz.pelle verde scuro con grandi angoli ai piatti, dorso a 4 nervi con titoli e filetti in oro al dorso, piatti in tela grigia. [bell'esemplare.]

New edition, with four additional chapters, comprehending all the leading events which have occurred from the fall of Napoleon I to the fall of Napoleon III, also copious questions for examination. Prefaz.a cura dell'A. London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. Ca.1900? cm.13x18,5, pp.XVI,518, legatura ed.con impressioni a secco al piatto ant.e titoli in oro al dorso.

Contents: Mirabeau (the French Revolution) - Edmund Burke (political morality) - Napoleon Bonaparte (the French Empire) - Prince Metternich (conservatism) - Chateaubriand (the restoration and fall of the Bourbons) - George IV (Toryism) - The Greek Revolution - Louis Philippe (the citizen king). New York, James Clarke & Company 1886, cm.15x22, pp.369,(5), 14 incis. in bn.ft. di cui una protetta da velina all'antip., rilegatura coeva in mz.pelle verde scuro con grandi angoli ai piatti, dorso a 4 nervi con titoli e filetti in oro al dorso, piatti in tela grigia. [buon esemplare.]