15 volumes (v, 6356 pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates)

Harmsworth History of The World: Set of 15 Volumes Harmsworth History of the World is a monumental work, originally published in 15 volumes in London in 1914, with a wide scope covering details of events faced by the prehistoric and historic peoples from all over the world. The publication is written by the foremost historians of the times and illustrated with 8,000 pictures. The subjects covered include Man and the Universe, the Beginning of the Earth, Mans Mastery of the Earth, Primitive Man, Wonders of the Ancient Civilization, Birth and Growth of Nations, Environment and Life of Nations, Birth and Growth of Jainism and Buddhism, Rise of Christianity, Middle East, Ancient Indian Civilizations, Medieval and Modern India, Sri Lanka, South-east Asia, Central Asia, ancient Civilizations of China, Far East Mesopotamia, Egypt, Phoenicia, Israel, Assyria, Persia, Babylon, and Syria, Other subjects include Age of Islam, Mongols, the Turks, etc.

V. 1. Man and the universe --
v. 2. The Far East, Japan, Siberia, Ancient China --
v. 3. The Far East, Modern China, Korea, Malasia, Oceania, Australia, Pacific Ocean --
v. 4. The Middle East, India, Ceylon, Further India, Indian Ocean, Central Asia --
v. 5. The Near East --
v. 6. Africa --
v. 7. Europe to the fall of the Roman Empire --
v. 8. The Christian Church and eastern Europe to the French Revolution --
v. 9. Western Europe in the middle ages, general survey, the peoples emerging and development of the nations, the Papacy --
v. 10. Western Europe in the middle ages, France, British Isles, Italy, Spanish Peninsula, Crusades trade, society, renaissance --
v. 11. Western Europe to the French Revolution --
v. 12. The Napoleonic era and the re-making of Europe --
v. 13. Europe since 1871 the British empire --
v. 14. The Atlantic Ocean, America before Columbus, Spanish America --
v. 15. North America : the polar regions, triumph of the mind of man, general indexes.