History - Ancient

The Book of the Pearl The history, art, science, and industry of the queen of gems

Kunz, George Frederick; Stevenson, Charles Hugh

The Book of the Pearl is a monumental reference that treats the gem‑queen from every conceivable angle,…

The religions of ancient Egypt and Babylonia

A. H. Sayce

The work is a scholarly survey of the religious systems of ancient Egypt and Babylonia, presented as the text…

The Old English Herbals

Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

The Old English Herbals is a scholarly survey of Britain’s botanical literature, tracing the development of…

The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon, B.C. 2285-2242

King of Babylonia Hammurabi

The work before you is a scholarly translation of the ancient Code of Hammurabi, the earliest known…

Discoveries in Egypt, Ethiopia and the peninsula of Sinai, in the years 1842-1845, during the mission sent out by his majesty, Frederick William IV of Prussia.

Richard Lepsius

Richard Lepsius’s work is a sprawling record of the Prussian scientific expedition of 1842‑1845, dispatched…

Constantinople: The Story of the Old Capital of the Empire

William Holden Hutton

William Holden Hutton’s work is a compact, illustrated survey of Constantinople’s long history, aimed at…

The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26

Livy

The work is Livy’s continuation of his monumental history of Rome, covering the years in which the Republic…

An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs

Sylvanus Griswold Morley

Sylvanus Griswold Morley’s An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs is a scholarly primer that…

Pompeii, Its Life and Art

August Mau

August Mau’s Pompeii, Its Life and Art is a scholarly survey of the Campanian city, first issued in English…

Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom

Agnes C. Laut

The work is a sweeping, popular‑history narrative that sets out to give readers a vivid picture of Canada’s…

Aristotle

George Grote

This work is a scholarly reconstruction of George Grote’s unfinished magnum opus on Aristotle, presented as…

Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms

Stephen Langdon

Stephen Langdon’s work is a scholarly survey of the religious texts that once filled the temple library of…

Paris and Its Story

Thomas Okey

Thomas Okey’s Paris and Its Story is a sweeping historical narrative that treats the capital of France as a…

Aristotle's History of Animals In Ten Books

Aristotle

Aristotle’s History of Animals in Ten Books is a scholarly translation of the ancient Greek naturalist’s most…

The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1

Emperor of Rome Julian

The volume gathers the surviving speeches, addresses and related writings of Julian, the fourth‑century Roman…

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 2, February 1810

Samuel James Arnold

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 2 (February 1810) is a scholarly periodical devoted to…

The seven books of Paulus Ægineta, volume 1 (of 3): translated from the Greek: with a commentary embracing a complete view of the knowledge possessed by the Greeks, Romans, and Arabians on all subjects connected with medicine and surgery

Aegineta Paulus

The work is a scholarly translation and commentary on the seven books of Paulus Ægineta, the celebrated…

The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1

The volume is a scholarly compilation that seeks to preserve “rude specimens of literature” produced by Maya…

The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil

W. Y. Sellar

The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil is a scholarly study by William Young Sellar that situates Virgil…

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest

John Fiske

John Fiske’s “The Discovery of America” is a scholarly synthesis that intertwines two expansive themes: the…

Of the Buildings of Justinian

Procopius

The work is Procopius’s six‑book survey of the monumental construction undertaken by Emperor Justinian, a…

Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay

The work is a scholarly essay on the poetic foundations of Rome’s early history, written by Thomas Babington…

古文觀止

Wu, Chengquan, active 1695-1711; Wu, Dazhi, active 1678-1695

History of the Wars, Books V and VI: The Gothic War

Procopius

The work is Procopius’s continuation of his historical series, covering the turbulent years of the late…