{"product_id":"2940151619776","title":"The Book Of Wealth","description":"What is The Book of Wealth?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Book of Wealth is a much sought-after book written by Hubert Howe Bancroft, the first volume was published in 1896. The book details the wealth of historic figures and dynasties dating from ancient times up to 1896. It was written to be the companion book to The Book of the Fair and took about six years to complete. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Book Is:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...an inquiry into the nature and distribution of the world's resources and riches, and a history of the origin and influence of property, its possession, accumulation, and disposition in all ages and among all nations, as a factor in human accomplishment, an agency of human refinement, and in the evolution of civilization from the earliest to the present era,\" or, in simpler terms: it is a history book about the wealth of dynasties, empires, and nations. The book starts by detailing the nations of antiquity, starting with the oldest, and then moving to the next, and the next, until it finishes with the United States. The focus of the book is a study of wealth in relation to material and intellectual progress and achievement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharacteristics of the Physical Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original physical books were very impressive. They were very large at 17\" x 22\", bound in heavy golden silk, lined with white decorative fabric, and contain about 3,000 images consisting of original watercolors and engravings. The book also contained 100 paintings by popular artist. The cover of each section of the first edition displayed an original water-color by a well-known artist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout This eBook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough I offer this book to read online for free on my website, I have been asked by many people to make an eBook available so it is easier to read on Kindles and other mobile devices. This eBook is a result of those requests. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an OCR (optical character recognition) version of the physical book. This eBook does not contain any of the images that were included in the physical books. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe books are divided into ten volumes (sections) and twenty-nine chapters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe chapters are divided as follows: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChaldea, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia\u003cbr\u003eEgypt, Phoenicia\u003cbr\u003ePalestine, Arabia\u003cbr\u003eIndia, China, Japan\u003cbr\u003eCentral and Southeastern Asia\u003cbr\u003eGreece\u003cbr\u003eItaly\u003cbr\u003eSpain, Portugal\u003cbr\u003eThe Turkish Empire\u003cbr\u003eFrance, Switzerland\u003cbr\u003eBelgium, Holland\u003cbr\u003eThe Austro-Hungarian Empire\u003cbr\u003eGermany\u003cbr\u003eDenmark, Norway, Sweden\u003cbr\u003eRussia\u003cbr\u003eGreat Britain and Ireland\u003cbr\u003eAfrica\u003cbr\u003eAustralia, The Hawaiian Islands\u003cbr\u003eSouth America\u003cbr\u003eCentral America, West India Islands\u003cbr\u003eMexico\u003cbr\u003eCanada\u003cbr\u003ePacific United States\u003cbr\u003eRocky Mountain States\u003cbr\u003eMidcontinent States\u003cbr\u003eSouthern States\u003cbr\u003eCentral Lake States\u003cbr\u003eNew England States\u003cbr\u003eMiddle Atlantic States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is also a section on art and architecture that is divided as follows: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Wealth of Art and the Art of Wealth\u003cbr\u003eOrigin, Scope, and Development of Art\u003cbr\u003eEgypt, Babylonia, Assyria, and Persia\u003cbr\u003eIndia, China, and Japan\u003cbr\u003eClassic Era--Greece\u003cbr\u003eThe Classic Era--Italy\u003cbr\u003eEarly Christian and Byzantine Period\u003cbr\u003eIslam and Its Monuments\u003cbr\u003eThe Romanesque and the Gothic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a lot of hype surrounding this book and most of it is false. There are sites selling low quality PDF copies of the book for $25, $50, and even $1,000! These sites claim that the book contains \"secret\" knowledge and that by buying it, you will find a direct path to riches--you will not, it is a history book and nothing more.","brand":"Achievements of Civilization","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168150896880,"sku":"2940151619776","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151619776_p0.jpg?v=1764012934","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151619776","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}