The great events by famous historians
Subtitle: a comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians
By: editor-in-chief, Rossiter Johnson, LL.D. ; associate editors, Charles F. Horne, Ph.D., John Rudd, LL.D. ; with a staff of specialists
Contributors: Rudd, John, LL. D., editor; Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931, editor
Published: 1905
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: World history
Notes: Each vol. has added col. t.p.

Limited edition.

Vol. I contains the Official Certificate under the seal of the National Alumni of this limited edition: "This set, which is no. 42, consisting of twenty volumes, having been prepared for L.S. Carter."

"The binding ... is a facsimile of the original on exhibition in the British Museum executed by Eve, for Jacques Auguste de Thou, the celebrated historian and collector, and Keeper of the Royal Library under Henry IV."

Frontispieces have been torn from vols. 1-9, 14.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. B.C. 5867-451.; title: v. 2. B.C. 450-A.D. 12.; title: v. 3. A.D. 13-409.; title: v. 4. A.D. 410-842.; title: v. 5. A.D. 843-1161.; title: v. 6. A.D. 1162-1300.; title: v. 7. A.D. 1301-1438; title: v. 8. A.D. 1438-1516.; title: v. 9. A.D. 1517-1557.; title: v. 10. A.D. 1558-1608.; title: v. 11. A.D. 1609-1660.; title: v. 12. A.D. 1661-1715.; title: v. 13. A.D. 1716-1775.; title: v. 14. A.D. 1775-1799.; title: v. 15. A.D. 1800-1815.; title: v. 16. A.D. 1816-1844.; title: v. 17. A.D. 1844-1861.; title: v. 18. A.D. 1861-1872.; title: v. 19. A.D. 1873-1905.; title: v. 20. Indexes.