History of Ancient Peoples

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his name in ink on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). Front board lightly soiled, edges lightly foxed. 1897 Hard Cover. xxxiv, 541 pp. Includes 110 illustrations and 6 fold-out maps. A history of ancient peoples from the beginning of civilization to the fall of the Roman Empire. This book covers the rise and fall of various empires, including the Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, and Romans.