Beacon Lights of History. Vol.IV: Imperial Antiquity. 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 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.]

Contents: Preliminary Chapter (the American Idea) - Benjamin Franklin (diplomacy) - George Washington (the American Revolution) - Alexander Hamilton (American Constitution) - John Adams (constructive statesmanship) - Thomas Jefferson (popular sovereignty) - John Marshall (the Supreme Court). New York, James Clarke & Company 1902, cm.15x22, pp.(6),363,(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. (piccole abrasioni alle cerniere esterne.)

Contents: Alfred the Great (the Saxons in England) - Queen Elizabeth (woman as a sovereign) - Henry of navarre (the Huguenots) - Gustavus Adolphus (Thirty Years' War) - Cardinal Richelieu (absolutism) - Oliver Cromwell (English Revolution) - Louis XIV (the French Monarchy) - Louis XV (remote causes of Revolution) - Peter the Great (his services to Russia) - Frederic the Great (the Prussian Power). New York, James Clarke & Company 1886, cm.15x22, pp.404,(4), 17 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.]

Milano, Ulrico Hoepli Ed. 1949, cm.14x21, pp.280, 300 tavole bn. fuori testo, legatura editoriale in tutta tela, con sopraccoperta figurata. Collana Valori Plastici diretta da Mario Broglio.