Physical description

The 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. XIIIl and London “The Times” 1908 in Gothic script

Summary

Henry Smith Williams’ “The Historians' History of the World” is a chronological and geographical "tapestry" of human events, these twenty five volumes occupy a very specific and prestigious place in historical research. Volume 14 serves as a bridge between the late early-modern period and the height of the imperial era for two major European powers. It is titled "The Netherlands (concluded), The Germanic Empires."