History - Ancient

Punicorum Libri Septemdecim

Tiberius Catius Silius Italicus

Liber “Punicorum Libri Septemdecim” est poema epico, compositum a C.

Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 1 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy

Edward Luther Stevenson

Edward Luther Stevenson’s Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, Volume I is a scholarly survey of the development…

A literal translation of the Saxon chronicle

This work is a literal translation of an early Saxon chronicle, produced by an unnamed “Lady in the Country”…

The Gospel According to Peter: A Study

Walter Richard Cassels

Walter Richard Cassels’s work is a scholarly examination of the fragmentary “Gospel of Peter” that emerged…

Ancient calendars and constellations

Emmeline M. Plunket

The work is a scholarly treatise that examines how ancient peoples linked their calendars to the movements of…

The Clouds

Aristophanes

The Clouds is a Greek comedy by Aristophanes, presented here in an English translation that preserves the…

Ancient and Modern Ships, Part 1: Wooden Sailing Ships

Sir George Charles Vincent Holmes

The work is a scholarly handbook that sets out to chart the evolution of wooden sailing vessels from…

History of Ancient Civilization

Charles Seignobos

The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians

Xenophon

Xenophon’s Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians is a comparative political treatise that opens with…

History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science

John William Draper

John William Draper’s History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science is a sweeping, argumentative study…

Travels in Ethiopia, above the second cataract of the Nile: exhibiting the state of that country, and its various inhabitants, under the dominion of Mohammed Ali; and illustrating the antiquities, arts, and history of the ancient kingdom of Meroe

G. A. Hoskins

This work is a nineteenth‑century travelogue that combines meticulous antiquarian observation with a broad…

Five Stages of Greek Religion

Gilbert Murray

Gilbert Murray’s Five Stages of Greek Religion is a scholarly essay collection that traces the evolution of…

The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 1 (of 3)

Leonard Williams

Leonard Williams’s The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 1 is a scholarly survey of Spanish decorative…

The Private Life of the Romans

Harold Whetstone Johnston

Harold W. Johnston’s The Private Life of the Romans is a scholarly handbook that surveys the everyday world…

Über die Geometrie der alten Aegypter. Vortrag, gehalten in der feierlichen Sitzung der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften am 29. Mai 1884.

Emil Weyr

Der Text ist ein historisch‑wissenschaftlicher Vortrag von Emil Weyr, gehalten vor der Kaiserlichen Akademie…

The Plague of Lust, Vol. 1 (of 2) Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity

Julius Rosenbaum

The work is a scholarly treatise on the history of venereal disease in classical antiquity, presented in…

Physical science in the time of Nero: being a translation of the Quaestiones naturales of Seneca

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Physical science in the time of Nero presents an English translation of Seneca’s Quaestiones Naturales, a…

The Sacred Tree; Or, the Tree in Religion and Myth

Mrs. J. H. Philpot

The Sacred Tree; or, the Tree in Religion and Myth is a scholarly‑type survey that sets out to collect,…

The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites

Dudley Wright

The work is a scholarly examination of the Eleusinian Mysteries, presented as the first English‑language…

The Antiquity of Man

Sir Charles Lyell

The work is a nineteenth‑century scientific treatise that sets out, in a systematic fashion, the evidence…

A History of Roman Classical Literature.

R. W. Browne

This work is a scholarly survey of Roman classical literature, presented as a chronological history that…

Anthropoid apes

Robert Hartmann

Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses

James Fergusson

James Fergusson’s work is a scholarly attempt to bring order to the chaotic field of megalithic studies.

The History of Korea (vol. 1 of 2)

Homer B. Hulbert

The work is a scholarly survey of Korean history written by Homer B.