The story of the greatest nations : a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation : and the world's most famous events : told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands / by Edward S. Ellis and Charles F. Horne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916.

Contributor:

Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942.

Books in Parts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World history.

Genre:

Advertisements -- New York (State) -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Zinman, Michael (donor)

Physical Description:

10 volumes in 82 parts : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Story of the greatest nations and the world's most famous events

Wrapper title: Story of the greatest nations : with one thousand of the world's famous events portrayed in word and picture

Place of Publication:

New York : Francis R. Niglutsch, [1914]

Notes:

Volume title pages and preliminaries issued in pt. 81.

"The work will be completed in 82 sections of 24 pages of text."--Prospectus.

Parts issued in illustrated green paper wrappers printed with publisher's prospectus.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Michael Zinman.

Penn Libraries copy housed in 3 boxes.

Penn Libraries copy imperfect: RBC has pts. 1, 8, 12-13, 30-36, 38-42, 45-48, 50, 53, 55-57, 59-71, 73-82 only.

Penn Libraries copy has many leaves unopened; pt. 59 has extra copy of plate VIII-32 inserted after first copy; pt. 77 has extra copy of plate X-53 inserted after first copy.

OCLC:

259242692