Flower painter and botanist Pierre-Joseph Redoute was an unparalleled master of botanical illustrations and engravings. His most celebrated work Les Roses was published in three volumes between 1817 and 1824…

First published in 1925, Primitive Culture in Greece dispassionately reviews the claim that the Greeks were 'heathen' and asks how much of the savage ancestry was left in the classical…

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An account of the introduction of gas and electricity to the instant cities of Kansas and Denver in the late 19th century. The book describes how the technology spread quickly…

Title: The Land of Ram, and other tales, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

A detailed introduction to ancient Greek religion. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press…