Histoire de la musique[ Henri Lavoix ]
The book “Histoire de la musique” (History of Music), a Parisian edition of the late nineteenth century published in the French language, is a fundamental popular-scientific work devoted to the centuries-long development of musical art—from the earliest civilizations to the Romantic era. The book was written by the distinguished French…
Kampf um den Nordpol[ Richard Andree :: 1883 ]
The book “Kampf um den Nordpol” (The Struggle for the North Pole) by the renowned German geographer and publicist Richard Andree was published in 1883 in Bielefeld and Leipzig in the German language. It is a compelling historical work devoted to the dramatic era of polar exploration in the second…
Album livländischer Ansichten[ 1856 ]
The book “Album livländischer Ansichten” (Album of Views of Livonia) was published in 1856 in the Latvian city of Mitau (present-day Jelgava) in the German language. This is a refined nineteenth-century artistic and documentary album compiled by the Baltic German artist and publisher Wilhelm Siegfried Stavenhagen and devoted to the…
Poems[ William Wordsworth ]
Presented here is the book “Poems” by William Wordsworth, published at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the English language. This is a carefully prepared selection of poems by the outstanding English Romantic poet, compiled and introduced by the renowned literary scholar Andrew James Symington. The volume…
Deutsche Literaturgeschichte[ Robert Koenig :: 1889 ]
The book “Deutsche Literaturgeschichte” (History of German Literature), published in 1889 in Bielefeld and Leipzig in the German language, is a fundamental scholarly work on the history of German literature of the late nineteenth century, authored by the distinguished German literary historian Robert König. This edition offers a profound and…
Egyptian Myth and Legend[ Donald A. Mackenzie :: 1913 ]
The book “Egyptian Myth and Legend” by Donald A. Mackenzie, published in London in 1913 in English, constitutes a fundamental study of the mythology and religious beliefs of Ancient Egypt. The author, a renowned British folklorist and historian, unveils for the reader the rich world of the Egyptian pantheon, ancient…
Un hivernage dans les glaces[ Jules Verne ]
Jules Verne’s “Un hivernage dans les glaces” (A Winter amid the Ice), published in France in the late nineteenth century in the French language, is a significant example of adventure literature devoted to the themes of polar exploration and human endurance under extreme natural conditions. The narrative centers on a…
Russisch Centralasien[ Max Albrecht :: 1896 ]
In his book “Russisch Centralasien. Reisebilder aus Transkaspien, Buchara und Turkestan” (Russian Central Asia: Travel Impressions from Transcaspia, Bukhara, and Turkestan), Max Albrecht invites the reader on a journey through late nineteenth-century Central Asia, revealing the region through personal observations and ethnographic sketches. The book was published in Hamburg in…
Le Théâtre en famille[ Louis Saglier ]
Presented here is an elegant nineteenth-century French edition — the collection “Le Théâtre en famille” (Family Theatre) by Louis Saglier, created for home and school theatrical performances. Published in Paris in the second half of the nineteenth century, the book represents a thoughtfully conceived pedagogical project of its time. The…
Альбом «Фантастические повести Н.В. Гоголя»[ 1892 ]
Presented here is a rare late nineteenth-century artistic album, “Fantastic Tales by Nikolai V. Gogol”, published in 1892 in Saint Petersburg by the publisher Evgeny Evdokimov. This renowned illustrated edition, which was also distributed as a supplement to the journal “Север” (The North), became a significant milestone in the history…