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A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised

A. D. F. Hamlin

A Text‑Book of the History of Architecture is a scholarly survey designed for college students but also…

A history of Italian literature

Richard Garnett

Richard Garnett’s A History of Italian Literature is a scholarly survey that treats the nation’s literary…

Eminent doctors: Their lives and their work; Vol. 2 of 2

G. T. Bettany

The work is a biographical compendium of eminent British physicians, and this volume opens with an extensive…

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

This volume is a meticulously compiled record of the Philippine colony between 1588 and 1591, drawn from…

The Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, Volume 1 (of 2)

This two‑volume work is a comprehensive survey of the Scottish Highlands, their clans and their military…

Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown

Andrew Lang

The work is a scholarly pamphlet that tackles the long‑standing debate over who really authored the plays…

The Violin Some Account of That Leading Instrument and Its Most Eminent Professors, from Its Earliest Date to the Present Time; with Hints to Amateurs, Anecdotes, etc.

George Dubourg

George Dubourg’s work is a sprawling survey of the violin’s evolution, aimed at anyone who “cultivates the…

Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 3 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India

James Tod

This third volume of Lieutenant‑Colonel James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan continues the…

The Liberation of Italy, 1815-1870

Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington Martinengo-Cesaresco

The work is a scholarly survey of the Italian Risorgimento, covering the period from the post‑Napoleonic…

Finger-ring lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal

Jones, William, F.S.A.

A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period

Ernest Mason Satow

This work is a first‑hand diplomatic memoir by Sir Ernest Satow, the British minister who served in Japan…

A Comprehensive History of Norwich

A. D. Bayne

A. D. Bayne’s A Comprehensive History of Norwich is a scholarly survey that sets out, from the outset, its…

A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volumes 1 and 2, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

James Fergusson

This work is a scholarly survey of architectural development from the earliest civilizations to the modern…

A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times.

Henry Sampson

Henry Sampson’s A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times is a scholarly survey that sets out to trace…

Arabia: The Cradle of Islam Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work.

Samuel Marinus Zwemer

Samuel M. Zwemer’s work is a missionary‑oriented survey of the Arabian Peninsula, its peoples, geography, and…

A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2)

Johann Beckmann

The work is a nineteenth‑century compendium that surveys the origins and development of countless inventions,…

Historic Towns of the Western States

The work is the concluding volume of a multi‑part series that surveys the historic towns of the United…

Tales of Old Japan

Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale

Tales of Old Japan is a collection of Japanese legends, folk tales, and moral sermons assembled by Lord…

The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2

Hubert Howe Bancroft

The work is a nineteenth‑century scholarly treatise by historian Hubert Howe Bancroft, assembled as part of…

Jerusalem Explored, Volume 1—Text Being a Description of the Ancient and Modern City, with Numerous Illustrations Consisting of Views, Ground Plans and Sections

Ermete Pierotti

Jerusalem Explored, Volume 1 is a scholarly survey of the Holy City that blends topographical description…

The Chinese theater

A. E. Zucker

The Chinese theater is a scholarly survey of Chinese drama that blends historical overview with the author’s…

Love Potions Through the Ages: A Study of Amatory Devices and Mores

Harry E. Wedeck

Harry E. Wedeck’s Love Potions Through the Ages is a scholarly survey of erotic folklore and pharmacology…

A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 1 of 2 Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes

J. M. Robertson

This work is a scholarly survey of the development of freethought from antiquity through the early…

The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants

S. Wells Williams

The work is a scholarly survey of China, written by Samuel Wells Williams, a Yale professor of Chinese…