History of the Province of Moray

by Lachlan Shaw, James Frederick Skinner Gordon

2025 · BoD – Books on Demand

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the public in good condition in order to preserve their cultural heritage.

The Natural History of Man, comprising inquiries into the modifying influence of physical and moral agencies on the different tribes of the human family

by James Cowles Prichard, Edwin Norris

1855 · London, Baillière

This the fourth edition, was expanded and enlarged from the 3rd Ed. of 1848, with beautiful hand coloured plates, with eight by George Catlin. Prichard directs his profound researches to the diverse physical aspects characterised in all of the races of humankind, concluding that all human races are of one species and family, a precursory opinion for all modern ethnology. Covered in this seminal work are Egyptians, Semites, Chinese, Indians, Africans, Abyssinians, Malaysians, Indigenous North Americans, Eskimos and so forth. This historically important work, Along with Prichard's research into the physical history of humankind, constituted the cornerstone of anthropology in England.

Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh

by Claudius James Rich

2014 · Cambridge University Press

This two-volume work, first published in 1836, remains an important record of the geography, culture and archaeology of Kurdistan.