The STORY OF MAN COLOR PLATES BUEL ART NOUVEAU GD+

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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE VERY RARE AND EXTREMELY SOUGHT AFTER BOOK: THE STORY OF MAN:A HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE, FROM THE CREATION TO THE PRESENT TIME, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF RACESAND THEIR DISPERSION OVER THE GLOBE. FOLLOWING ALL THE FOOTSTEPS OF MAN'S WANDERINGS IN HIS ASCENT FROM PRIMITIVESAVAGERY, THROUGH THE PREHISTORIC AGES, AND DESCRIBING HISDISTRIBUTION OVER THE FACE OF THE EARTH. WITH AN EXHAUSTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE EARLIEST PEOPLES THAT SETTLED ALL NATIONS, THEIR CUSTOMS, SUPERSTITIONS, GOVERNMENT, BARBARISM, AND ALSO DESCRIPTIONSOF ALL THE BENIGHTED, WILD AND SAVAGE RACES OF AFRICA,SOUTH AMERICA, THE POLAR REGIONS, ASIA, AND THE ISLANDS OF THE SEA, INCLUDING ALSO A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE WORLD, THE LOST ARTS, AND THE MIGHTY CONVULSIONS OF NATURE BY EARTHQUAKE AND ERUPTION THAT HAVE DESTROYEDEMPIRES, CONTINENTS, AND THE MONUMENTS OF EXTINCT RACES.COVERING PERIODS KNOWN AS THE STONE, BRONZE, AND IRON AGES, AND EMBRACING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE CAVE, LAKE AND TREE DWELLERS; ALSO THE AZTECS, DRUIDS,CELTS NORSEMEN, VIKINGS, AND THE MARVELLOUS SPLENDORS OF THE ANCIENTEGYPTIAN, SYRIAN, AND INDIAN CIVILIZATIONS.EMBELLISHED WITH MANY CURIOUS FACTS, SINGULAR CUSTOMS, WONDERFUL AND WEIRD ADVENTURES, AND AMULTITUDE OF MARVELLOUS INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT PEOPLES AND WILD RACES read more