A History of the World, (Hungarian: A világ történelme) edited by and illustrated by Richard Geiger, is a six-volume history of the world in Hungarian published between 1906 and 1908.
Background Written for the general public, the books are Art Nouveau style, large-format, gilded, and bound. Illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white and color images, printed on polished paper by Richard Geiger, and was published by Műintézet és Kiadóvállalat R.-T. in Budapest. The six volumes range from the Ancient East to the present (i.e. the beginning of the 20th century). They cover the period of ancient Greeks, the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages and the modern age. In each volume, the editor used works by Victor Duruy, Fekten Károly, H. Grimme, Heyck Ödön, Huber Alfonz, and Alfred Nicolas Rambaud.
The series is divided into six volumes, but some parts extend into other volumes, and some parts start in the middle of a volume. This makes it difficult to use the work. There is no reprint of this work.
Volumes
A világ történelme Book spineVolume numberVolume title EraPeriod coveredPagesYear of publication Volume I People of the EastEgypt • Ancient Asian • The Age of Egypt's Revival • The People of Israel • Assyria and Babylon • Lydian Kingdom • Medean Empire • Persian Empire • India Ancient ca. 3000 BC – 330 BC 750 p. 1906 Volume II Classical Peoples Part I – History of the Greek PeoplesGreek Mythology • History of the Greeks Ancient ca. 1300 BC – 323 BC 560 p. 1906 Volume III Classical Peoples Part II – History of the RomansRoman Republic • Roman Empire • Pax Romana • Decline of the Roman Empire Ancient 753 BC – 337 506 p. 1907 Volume IV The Age of Migration and the CrusadesThe Age of Migration • The Age of the Crusades Middle Ages 337–1440 604 p. 1908 Volume V The Age of Discovery and the Reformation Age of Discovery • The Reformation Modern history 1440–1789 444 p. 1908 Volume VI The Age of the Victory of Human RightsThe French Revolution • Napoleon • Great European Changes • The Death of William I Current age 1789–1888 138 p. 1908
Gallery The volumes featured hundreds of illustrations by Richard Geiger in the Art Nouveau style.
See also Human history
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