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LOT RARE ANTIQUE LEATHER BOOKS SET! SIGNED LIBRARY COLLECTION! GREAT EVENTS Description the Aquitaine presents.... Great Events by Famous Historians 1923 Limited Edition, Signed, Number 107 of 1000 Issued to George C. Beinke A comprehensive and readable account of the world’s history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master words of the most eminent historians. On the plan evolved from a consensus of opinions gathered from the most distinguished scholars of America and Europe, including brief introductions by specialists to connect and explain the celebrated narratives, arranged chronologically, with thorough indices, bibliographies, chronologies, and courses of reading. 22 Volume Set, Shelves One and Two Twenty-Two Volume Set, Shelves Three and Four Supervising Editor Rossiter Johnson, LL. D. Literary Editors Charles F. Horne, Ph. D. John Rudd, LL.D. Directing Editor Walter F. Austin, LL.M. Published by The National Alumni Charles F. Horne achieved notoriety as a historian and editor. This set constitutes his most generous and noteworthy contribution to history and literature. He supervised the translation and personally edited each of the histories contained in this set. Each set is registered to a specific person with a certificate of ownership and authenticity contained in Volume I. There are many fabulous illustrations. Each have onion skin covers with the details of the illustration, and additional small illustrations on the onion skin. Many Illustrations are full color. Each binding is unique, and each volume contains an explanation of the significance of that volumes binding. They are generally reproductions of Royal Bindings. Every Monarch, and often even members of the Nobility, had each of the books in their library printed in bindings bearing marks of their privilege. There are fold out plates with exact copies of several of the documents mentioned. The works included are an extraordinary collection of some of the most influential events of all time, written by some of the most famous figures of history and literature. The list below includes a few of the articles. The volumes include the period 5867 B.C. to 1919 A.D. Please see our other items for the 7 Volume Companion Set, Great Events of the Great War. Some of the Works Included: Compilation of the Earliest Code (B.C. 2250) by Hammurabi Theseus Founds Athens (B.C. 1235) by Plutarch Defence of Thermoplyae (B.C. 480) by Herodotus Pericles Rules in Athens (B.C. 444) by Plutarch Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks (B.C. 401-399) by Xenophon Condemnation and Death of Socrates (B.C. 399) by Socrates Alexander Reduces Tyre (B.C. 332) by Oliver Goldsmith Judas Maccabeus Liberates Judea (B.C. 165-441) by Josephus Cesar Conquers Gaul (B.C. 58-50) by Napolean III Assassination of Ceasar (B.C. 44) by Niebuhr and Plutarch Germanicus in Germany (A.D. 13-16) by Tacitus Destruction of Pompeii (A.D. 79) by Pliny the Elder Persecution of the Christians in Gaul (A.D. 177) by Francois P. G. Guizot Commodus (A.D. 180) Edward Gibbon The Huns and Their Western Migration (A.D. 374-376) by Marcellinus Decay of the Frankish Empire (A.D. 843-911) by Francois P.G. Guizot Growth and Decadence of Chivalry 10 th to 15 th Century by Leon Gautier Career of Alfred the Great by Thomas Hughes and John R. Green Visigoths Pillage Rome ( A.D. 410) by Charles Gibbon Attila Invades Western Europe (A.D. 451) by Sir John Creasy Augustine’s Missionary Work in England (A.D. 597) by The Venerable Bede The Koran and The Mahoteman Creed (A.D. 622) by Washington Irving Saracens Conquer Egypt (A.D. 640) by Washington ... read more

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