Great Men and Famous Women, Soldiers and Sailors, 1894-1899

Great Men and Famous Women
A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history

edited by Charles F. Horne • New York, Selmar Hess, publisher • 1894 first edition, 1899 reprint
[Originally issued in 68 parts, by subscription and bound into 8 volumes.]

Original photogravures, wood-engravings and typogravures 110-115 years old.

Sheet size (most, from 1894 first edition): approximately 11.5 x 8.5 inches
Sheet size (some, from 1899 reprint): approximately 12 x 9.5 inches
Image sizes vary

Please click on the thumbnails below for an enlarged view.
Note: the entire sheet is too large to scan, thus only the scannable portion is shown.

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS • VOLUME I
Also available: Statesmen and Sages, Workmen and Heroes, and Artists and Authors

Attila, 'The Scourge of God'

Ulpiano Checa

Photogravure

$15

'and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen'
[King Nebuchadnezzar]

Georges Rochegrosse

Photogravure

$10

Alexander Discovering
the Body of Darius

Gustave Doré

Wood Engraving

$10

Hannibal crossing the Rhone

Henri-Paul Motte

Photogravure

$15

Generosity of Scipio

Schopin

Typogravure (half-tone)

$10

Marius on the Ruins of Carthage

John Vanderlyn

Wood or Steel Engraving

$10

Herman's Triumph over the Romans

Paul Thumann

Photogravure

$10

Rome under Trajan—A Chariot Race

Ulpiano Checa

Photogravure

$10

The Victims of Galerius

E.K. Liska

Photogravure

$10

Alaric in Athens

Ludwig Thiersch

Photogravure

$10

The Ides of March

Carl von Piloty

Typogravure (half-tone)

$10

The Last Gladitorial Contest

J. Stallaert

Wood Engraving

$10

Clovis Punishing a Rebel

Alphonse de Neuville

Wood Engraving

$10

Belisarius Receiving Alms

Jaques-Louis David

Typogravure (half-tone)

$10

Charles Martel at Tours

Charles Stueben

Wood Engraving

$10

Pepin after the Murder of Duke Waifre

Th. Lybaert

Typogravure (half-tone)

$10

Charlemagne at Witikind's Baptism

Paul Thumann

Photogravure

$10

A Norse Raid under Olaf

Hugo Vogel

Wood Engraving

$15

William at Hastings

P.J. de Loutherbourg

Wood Engraving

$15

Godfrey de Bouillon Entering Jerusalem

Carl von Piloty

Typogravure (half-tone)

$10

Saladin

Gustave Doré

Wood Engraving

$10

Edward III and the Burghers of Calais

Berthelemy

Wood Engraving

$10

Bertrand du Guesclin

Alphonse de Neuville

Wood Engraving

$10

Henry V Rejects Falstaff

Edward Grützner

Photogravure

$10

Huniades at Belgrade

Gustave Doré

Wood Engraving

$10

York and Lancaster—The White and Red Roses

[unsigned]

Wood Engraving

$10

Pizarro Exhorting his Band at Gallo

Lizcano

Wood Engraving

$10

Henry IV of France at Home

J.D. Ingres

Typogravure (half-tone)

$10

The Admiral of the Spanish Armada Surrenders to Drake

Seymour Lucas

Photogravure

$10

Raleigh Parting from his Wife

E. Leutze

Wood Engraving

$10

Departure of the Mayflower

A.W. Bayes

Typogravure (half-tone)

$10

Wallenstein's Last Banquet

J. Scholz

Typogravure (half-tone)

$10

Gustavus Adolphus before teh Battle of Lutzen

Gustavus Adolphus
before the Battle of Lutzen

Ludwig Braun

Photogravure
[light foxing in margin]

$15