The Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century by Charles Morris

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1899. W.E. Scull 1st Edition. Heavily Illustrated.

Embracing Descriptions of the Decisive Battles of the Century and the Great Soldiers Who Fought Them; the Rise and Fall of Nations; the Changes in the Map of the World, and the Causes Which Contributed to Political and Social Revolutions; Discoverers and Discoveries; Explorers of the Tropics and Arctics; Inventors and Their Inventions; the Growth of Literature, Science and Art; the Progress of Religion, Morals and Benevolence in All Civilized Nations.

Embellished With Nearly 100 Full-Page Half-Tone Engravings, Illustrating the Greatest Events of the Century, and 100 Portraits of the Most Famous Men in the World.

Bound in green cloth with silver and gilt decorations, some scuffing and fading to cover. Light edge-wear, corners rubbed and bumped. Light fraying along top and bottom of spine. Interior tightly bound. Pages tanned as expected from paper-quality. Images are sharp and clean and no other markings of note.