Historians' History of the World A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by over two thousand of the Great Writers of all Ages Volume VI The Early Roman Empire

Royal octavo, [25cm/10inches], full gilt-embossed halfbound black calf-backed boreal-green cloth, sans dust jacket, pp. xi, 673. Illustrated with numerous textural vignettes b-w halftones, &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. . Continuing Part X directly from volume V; begins with Augustus and goes up to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476. It discusses the rise of Christianity, the many emperors who held power in Rome during the founding and the fall of the Roman Empire, the division of the Roman Empire and the many barbarian invasions (Huns, Goths, Vandals) leading up to Rome's fall. . The Historians' History of the World was published in New York in 1902 by Encyclopædia Britannica and the Outlook Company. It was also published in London printed by Morrison & Gibb Limited, of Edinburgh. A second edition was published in 1907 in London by The Times. Two further volumes were subsequently released in the 5th edition of 1926, titled "These eventful years" and dealing with the First World War, published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. In exceptionally good condition.…