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Great Races of Mankind Vol III (page 1/2)

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[picture: Front Cover]

Images and some text extracts from Volume 3 of Great Races of Mankind by John Clark Ridpath, published by Jones Brothers in 1893.

There were originally four volumes; currently I have this and one other, that i bought at Hannelore Headly Books in St Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada.

This volume, the third, says that it covers West Aryans, Semites, Hamites, and Malayo-Mongoloids.

Title: Great Races of Mankind Vol III

Author: Ridpath, John Clark, LL. D.

Published by: Jones Brothers Publishing Company

City: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Date: 1893

Total items: 7

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Peasant Girl of Pays de Vaud—Type.]

Peasant Girl of Pays de Vaud—Type.

A young woman stands very upright. She wears a broad-brimmed hat, a puffy sleeve rulled up to the elbow, and carries a basket or grapes under her arm. Behind her, [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Land of the Semites. Desert and Caravan.]

Land of the Semites. Desert and Caravan.

This full-page colour illustration is opposite to the chapter opening for Part III, Semites and Hamites, Book XIV, The Aramæns, Chapter 102, The Old Asshurites. [more...] [$]

[picture: Rustic floral border with trellis and grapevines]

Rustic floral border with trellis and grapevines

This border originally contained an engraving of a young Swiss woman. It features grapes and vines, and wooden poles forming a trellis to support the grapevines. [more...] [$]

[picture: Front Cover]

Front Cover

This book was rebound, possibly for a library, and has a hand-written title on the cover. The cover is black; the label has red underlines for the races. [more...] [$]

[picture: Chaldee Woman]

Chaldee Woman

A woman bundled up in layers of clothing leans against a wall in this engraving.

Drawn by Emile Bayard, from a photograph. [$]


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