History - European

Legends of the Bastille

Frantz Funck-Brentano

The work is a scholarly reconstruction of the Bastille’s history, assembled by the French historian Frantz…

Histoire de Paris depuis le temps des Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours - II

Théophile Lavallée

Ce volume, signé Théophile Lavallée, poursuit la seconde partie d’une vaste fresque historique consacrée à la…

Fountains of Papal Rome

Fanny Davenport Rogers MacVeagh

The work is a scholarly survey of Rome’s fountains, treating them as both civic utilities and symbols of the…

Myths of the Rhine

X.-B. Saintine

France and England in North America, Part V: Count Frontenac, New France, Louis XIV

Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman’s volume is a scholarly narrative that treats the turbulent era of New France through the…

Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10)

Pierce Butler

Pierce Butler’s fifth volume in the ten‑part series Women of Mediæval France offers a scholarly survey of…

The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe

Samuel Irenæus Prime

Great Musical Composers: German, French, and Italian

George T. Ferris

The work is a compact reference that gathers the biographical sketches George T.

Angola and the River Congo, vol. 2

Joachim John Monteiro

Monteiro’s second volume is a first‑hand travelogue that blends geographic description with ethnographic…

The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

J. R. Hutchinson

The work is a scholarly study of the British practice of impressment, focusing on how the Crown compelled…

Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 06

Various

The volume is a primary‑source record of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, specifically the proceedings that…

Anzeiger für Kunde der deutschen Vorzeit (1866) Neue Folge. Dreizehnter Band.

Various

Der vorliegende Band ist ein historisches Fachblatt aus dem Jahr 1866, das als „Anzeiger für Kunde der…

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I

The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance With An Index To Their Works

Bernard Berenson

Bernard Berenson’s The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance is a scholarly catalogue that combines a…

The Diary of Dr. John William Polidori, 1816, Relating to Byron, Shelley, etc.

John William Polidori

The work is a diary‑like journal kept by John William Polidori, the young physician who accompanied Lord…

Early European History

Hutton Webster

The work is a comprehensive textbook of European history, intended for secondary‑school curricula that…

Norway

Sigvart Sörensen

Sigvart Sörensen’s Norway is a comprehensive survey of the nation’s past, from mythic origins to the modern…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" Volume 7, Slice 2

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Eleventh Edition, Volume VII, Slice II, presents a scholarly compendium that…

The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789 And the Causes Which Led to That Event

Alexis de Tocqueville

This work is a scholarly study by Alexis de Tocqueville that examines the social and political conditions of…

The Waterloo Campaign, 1815

William Siborne

The work is a meticulously researched military history of the 1815 Waterloo Campaign, presented as the…

Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work

Stephen S. Stratton

Stephen S. Stratton’s work is a scholarly biography of the legendary violinist Niccolò Paganini, compiled…

The Makers of Canada: Champlain

N.-E. Dionne

The work is a nineteenth‑century French biography of Samuel de Champlain, written by N.‑E.

The Rise of Universities

Charles Homer Haskins

The work is a scholarly lecture series compiled as a single volume, the sixth in a series funded by the…

South London

Walter Besant

Walter Besant’s South London is a richly illustrated topographical study rather than a conventional…