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1894 1ed Great Men Famous Women Lincoln Washington: 1894 1ed Great Men Famous Women Lincoln Washington Darwin Edison Newton Homer â€˜Great Men and Famous Womenâ€™ is an enormous collection of biographical sketches of notable figures from all f

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1894 1ed Great Men Famous Women Lincoln Washington Darwin Edison Newton Homer

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1894 1ed Great Men Famous Women Lincoln Washington Darwin Edison Newton Homer

Great Men and Famous Women is an enormous collection of biographical sketches of notable figures from all fields of study. This eight-volume set includes accounts on people from Benedict Arnold to Thomas Edison; David Livingstone to Marie Antoinette. Hundreds of figures are discussed in this work, figures at the top of the field â€“ inventors, politicians, scientists, philosophers, explorers, and more! Other notable names include:

Benjamin Franklin

Peter the Great

Simon Bolivar

Charles Darwin

George Washington

Isaac Newton

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

Charles Dickens

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HORNE, Charles [edit.]

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

New York: Selmar Hess, Â©1894. First edition

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 8 volumes

Heavily illustrated throughout

Language: English

Binding: Leather; secure

Size: ~11.75in X 9.5in (30cm x 24cm)

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