Historical researches into the politics, intercourse, and trade of the principal nations of antiquity. / By A. H. L. Heeren. Tr. from the German.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig), 1760-1842.

Contributor:

Talboys, D. A. (David Alphonso), 1790?-1840.

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.

Standardized Title:

Ideen über die Politik, den Verkehr, und den Handel der vornehmsten Völker der alten Welt. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

History, Ancient.

Penn Provenance:

Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor)

Physical Description:

4 volumes : folded frontispieces (v. 1, 3) 2 folded plates, maps (part folded) plans (part folded) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : H. G. Bohn, 1847-57.

Contents:

v.1. Asiatic nations: Persians, Phnicians, Babylonians.

v.2. Asiatic nations: Scythians, Indians. Appendixes.

[v.3] Carthaginians, Ethiopians and Egyptians.

[v.4] Ancient Greece. Three Historical treatises: I. Political consequences of the reformation; II. The rise, progress, and practical influence of political theories; III. The rise and growth of the continental interests of Great Britain.

Notes:

Vols. 1-2 have general t.-p. only; v. 3-4, special t.-p. only.

Vols. 1-2 published 1854; v. 3, 2d edition, 1857; v. 4, new and improved edition, 1847.

Vols. 1-3 translated by D. A. Talboys and others; v. 4, by George Bancroft.

Local Notes:

Imperfect: v. 4 wanting.

OCLC:

4350198