A History of All Nations

The original volumes, when published, comprised the best popular history of Classical Antiquity in Germany. This English language edition consists of 24 volumes: five on antiquity, five on The Middle Ages, ten on the Modern History of the Old World, three on the Americas and one single index-volume to the whole.

'Armorial edition', number 27 of 90 impressions; 24 vols, 4to (280 x 200 mm); each volume consists of several illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans, plates, including colour, text illustrations and portraits, some folded, Egypt and Western Asia in antiquity (vol. I, XXIX plates), Central and Eastern Asia in antiquity (vol. II, XXIV plates), Ancient Greece (vol. III, XXI plates), Republican Rome (vol. IV, XV plates), Imperial Rome (vol. V, XX plates), The great migrations (vol. VI, ), The early Middle Ages (vol. VII, XX plates ), The age of Charlemagne (vol. VIII, XVIII plates), The age of Feudalism and Theocracy (vol. IX, XVI plates), The age of Renaissance (vol. X, XXXII plates), The age of the Reformation (vol. XI, XXVIII plates), The religious wars (vol. XII, XXIV plates), The age of Louis XVI (vol. XIII, XXVI plates), The age of the European balance of power (vol. XIV, XXV plates), The age of Frederick the Great (vol. XV, XXIII plates); The French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon (vol. XVI, XXV plates ), The Napoleonic empire (vol. XVII, XX plates); Restoration and revolution (vol. XVIII, XXVI plates), The reconstruction of Europe (vol. XIX, XXIV plates), Contemporary Europe, Asia and Africa.-- (vol. XX, XIX plates), Colonization of the new world (vol. XXI, XVII plates)), Independence of the new world (vol. XXII, XIII plates), Modern development of the New world. (vol. XXIII, XIV plates), General index (vol. XXIV), usual age-toning and intermittent spotting, full crushed morocco in blue, boards double-ruled in gilt with florid scrolls to borders with light-blue foliage inlaid to four corners; top edges gilt, others untrimmed, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, mounted panels to pastedowns with gilt-ruling, decorative borders and brown leather central panels embossed with the initials of the aforementioned private collector, silk moiré linings, fading to spines, moderate shelfwear to extremities and boards, otherwise binding is tight, pages are clean, images are bright, very good;