Beacon Lights of History. Vol.IX: European Statesmen. 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).

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). New York, James Clarke & Company 1888, cm.15x22, pp.(4),386,(4), 11 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. (piccola menda alla cuffia superiore.)

Contents: Dante (rise of modern poetry) - Geoffrey Chaucer (english life in the fourteenth century) - Christopher Columbus (maritime discoveries) - Savonarola (unsuccessful reforms) - Michael Angelo (the revival of art) - Martin Luther (the protestant Reformation) - Thomas Cranmer (the english Reformation) - Ignatius Loyola (rise and influence of the Jesuits) - John Calvin (protestant theology) - Lord Bacon (the new philosophy) - Galileo (astronomical discoveries). New York, James Clarke & Company 1884, cm.15x22, pp.(6),463,(5), 15 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. (piccola menda alla sommità della cerniera anteriore.)

Contents: Héloïse (love) - Joan of Arc (heroic women) - Saint Theresa (religious enthusiasm) - Madame de Maintenon (the political woman) - Sarah, duchess of Marlborough (the woman of the world) - Madame Récamier (the woman of society) - Madame de Staël (woman in literature) - Hannah More (education of woman) - George Eliot (woman as novelist). New York, James Clarke & Company 1886, cm.15x22, pp.(6),390,(4), 15 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.]

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.]