Beacon Lights of History. Vol.XI: American Founders. 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 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: 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: 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: 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.]

Firenze, Vallecchi Ed. 1968, cm.22x28, pp.XXX,312, 449 ill.e 4 piante, legatura editoriale in tutta tela, sopraccoperta figurata a colori.

Firenze, Sansoni Ed. 1954, cm.15,5x21,5, pp.973,142 tavv.bn.ft. legatura ed.in.tutta tela titoli in oro al dorso. Coll.Contributi alla Storia della Civiltà Europea.