History: Empires And Civilizations from The Owl at the Bridge

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia For Promoting Useful Knowledge, Volume 112. "The fifteenth-century Italian merchant and traveler Cyriacus of Ancona... journeyed tirelessly in Italy, Dalmatia, Greece, and the Levant in search of classical inscriptions..., recording his findings... in notebooks which are now almost entirely lost. Much of their content, however, has come down in the… Ler mais sobre este item

"The main reason for a new edition at this time is, of course, the discovery of inscribed tablets of the Bronze Age at Pylos and Mycenae by, respectively, Carl W. Blegen... lan J. B. Wace... together with Michael Ventris' extraordinary accomplishment in deciphering them and proving them to be written in an early form of Greek." xxiii, 519 pages,… Ler mais sobre este item

Sections: Origina Peopling of the Americas; Era of Exploration; Founding of the English Colonies 1578-1732; Colonies & the Empire 1624-1775; Era of the American Revolution 1976-89; Erarly National & Antebellum Periods 1789-1860; Civil War & Reconstruction 1861-77; Domestic Issues from Hayer to Wilson 1878-1918; U.S. in World Affairs 1866-1918; America between two World Wars 1919-39; U.S. in WWII; U.S. &… Ler mais sobre este item

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1994. Hard Cover. Two volumes; maps (6 color, 4 folding); 32 cm. Translated into English by Luciano F. Farina & Marc A. Beckwith. Volume VI of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). First published 1992 in Italian. Contents in English with facing Spanish text. Bound in tan pictorial cartographic boards; new… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge (UK) UP, 1908; reprint Martino 2001. Hard Cover. iii, 523 p.; 23.5 cm. Besterman 1550. Following three centuries of Ottoman rule characterised by nearly complete spiritual and cultural isolation from Europe, Cyprus was handed over to Great Britain in 1878. This English colonial period saw the establishment of law coincidental with harsh exploitation of the Cypriot… Ler mais sobre este item

Oxford & NY, Clarendon Press, 1941. Hard Cover. Three volumes: xxiii, 1779 p., front., illus., plates (1 color), ports., plans; 26 cm. Paged continuously. Bibliography included in "Notes" (v. 3, p. [1313]-1631). This is the first edition of this monumental and fascinating book. Rostovtzeff, trained in Russia, taught at Yale, finished the book in 1930 and revised it twice… Ler mais sobre este item

Italica Press, NY, 1988. Historical Travel Guide. Soft Cover. with New Introduction and Bibliography by Ronald G. Musto. 253 p., index, maps; 21.5 cm. Translation of De Topographia Constantinopoleos. "This volume present a second edition of John Ball's 1729 English translation of The Four Books of the Antiquities of Constantinople, which was written by Pierre Gilles… Ler mais sobre este item

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1992. Hard Cover. 655 pages, many illus. (incl. color); 32 cm. Introduction ("In Search of an Image"), commentary & notes by Gaetano Ferro, Luisa Faldini, Marica Milanesi, in collaboration with Carla Pampaloni, Laura Monferdini, Maria Teresa di Palma; coordination & editing, Gianni Eugenio Viola. Volume XI of Nuova Raccolta… Ler mais sobre este item

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello stato, 1998. Hard Cover. Two volumes; 32 cm. Volume IV of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). Introduction, commentary & notes by Paolo Emilio Taviani and Ilaria Luzzana Caracci, editors; translated & edited by Luciano F. Farina. Tan cartographic boards; new in publisher's shrinkwrap; tan linen slipcase; gift quality. stock#Mart004x [101144e].

N,Y., B. Grandillo, 1956. Hard Cover. xxxi, 326 p. 31 cm. illus., plates. Printed from typescript. This is number 48 of an edition of 100. The Etruscan language has been an enigma for centuries. This privately printed study of how Etruscan was incorporated in the Umbrian dialect, itself now lost. This copy was in a seminary library with its… Ler mais sobre este item

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1992. Hard Cover. 380 pages; 32 cm. Introduction & notes by Anna Unali; translated into English by Gioacchino Triolo & Luciano F. Farina. Volume V of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). First published 1990 in Italian under title Le Scoperte di Cristoforo Colombo nelle testimonianze di Diego Alvarez Chanca e… Ler mais sobre este item

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1990. Hard Cover. Two volumes, 5 color folding plates (maps); 32 cm. Volume I of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). Introduction and notes by Paolo Taviani and Consuelo Varela. At head of title: Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets ; National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the… Ler mais sobre este item

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello stato, c1992. Hard Cover. 507 pages; 32 cm. Edited by Ernesto Lunardi, Elisa Magioncalda, Rosanna Mazzacane; translated into English by Felix Azzola; revised by Luciano F. Farina. Volume II of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). At head of title: Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets, National Commission for the Celebration of… Ler mais sobre este item