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THE ART OF WRITING.(Four massive portfolios with 200 fac-similes in tone and color.)Merrill & Baker, 1902-1903."One of the most superb examples of book-making in America since Audubon's masterpiece."-Rupert Hughes in the Marconigram.THE HISTORIANS' HISTORY OF THE WORLD: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations.(25 vols.with about 3,000 illustrations.)Edited with the collaboration of many specialists, European and American.The Outlook Company, 1904-1905."A work of epoch-making importance comparable in scholarship and authority to La Grand Encyclopedic, the Dictionary of National Biography, the New English Dictionary, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica." -The Times, London.A HISTORY OF SCIENCE.(5 vols., fully illustrated.)Harper & Bros., 1904."At once a source of information and an inspiration."-Prof.Louis G.
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The surrounding catalogue highlights illustrated, multi-volume scholarly works, including The Historians’ History of the World and The Art of Writing.
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The text presents A History of Science as a five-volume, fully illustrated publication issued by Harper & Brothers in 1904.
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The work is characterized as both an informational reference source and an inspiration, according to Professor Louis G.
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the history of science
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the informational and inspirational value of a five-volume illustrated history of science
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