Physical description
Book is part of a 25 volume set with red cloth bindings and gold filigree design to rib.
Publication type
non-fiction
Inscriptions & markings
Flyleaf has the title with edited by Henry Smith Williams L.L.D. In twenty five volumes-Vol.2 and London “The Times” 1908 in Gothic script
Summary
The 1908 edition of The Historians' History of the World is a monumental work of Edwardian scholarship, representing a specific era of "universal history" where the goal was to synthesise all human knowledge into a single narrative. Volume 2 of The Historians' History of the World focuses on "Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia."
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References
- Project Gutenberg: EBook #51514 (Volume 1) and related bibliographic data for the 25-volume set edited by Henry Smith Williams.
- Internet Archive: Digital scans of The Historians' History of the World (1904/1908 editions), specifically the index for Volume 2:
- Wikipedia: "The Historians' History of the World" — Overview of the series structure, editors (Williams, Fleming, Hughes), and publishing history by The Times and The Outlook Company.
