24 volumes, 4to. Title-pages with engraved armorial bookplate with motto "Quae prosunt omnibus"; numerous plates and in-text illustrations throughout. Original marbled calf gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt-lettered in two, the rest with central gilt devices, upper covers with embossed hand-painted coat-of-arms, wide turn-ins gilt, tan morocco doublures, white morocco armorial bookplates set on inner front covers, tan silk endleaves, top edges gilt, others untouched (tiny scuffs to a few corners, otherwise bright); original publisher's cloth silk-lined cloth folding cases.
LIMITED EDITION, number 5 of 52 sets of the “Genealogical edition.” This comprehensive survey of human history comprises 5 volumes on Antiquity, 5 volumes on the Middle Ages, 10 volumes on the modern history of the Old World, and 3 volumes on the Americas, including Fiske's history of the founding of the United States.