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. IV 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 4 is a deep dive into the later history of Ancient Greece, specifically focusing on the period from the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War through to the Roman conquest. This volume bears the subtitle "Greece to the Roman Conquest." It covers several pivotal shifts in power regards the post war struggle (404 to 374 BC.)