The Book of Wealth
The 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.The Book Is:"...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.Characteristics of the Physical BookThe 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. Although 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.This 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.The books are divided into ten volumes (sections) and twenty-nine chapters. The chapters are divided as follows: Chaldea, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia Egypt, Phoenicia Palestine, Arabia India, China, Japan Central and Southeastern Asia Greece Italy Spain, Portugal The Turkish Empire France, Switzerland Belgium, Holland The Austro-Hungarian Empire Germany Denmark, Norway, Sweden Russia Great Britain and Ireland Africa Australia, The Hawaiian Islands South America Central America, West India Islands Mexico Canada Pacific United States Rocky Mountain States Midcontinent States Southern States Central Lake States New England States Middle Atlantic StatesThere is also a section on art and architecture that is divided as follows:The Wealth of Art and the Art of WealthOrigin, Scope, and Development of ArtEgypt, Babylonia, Assyria, and PersiaIndia, China, and JapanClassic Era—GreeceThe Classic Era—ItalyEarly Christian and Byzantine PeriodIslam and Its MonumentsThe Romanesque and the GothicThere 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. This is your chance to see what all the fuss is about—all for just $2.99!
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The 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.The Book Is:"...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.Characteristics of the Physical BookThe 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. Although 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.This 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.The books are divided into ten volumes (sections) and twenty-nine chapters. The chapters are divided as follows: Chaldea, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia Egypt, Phoenicia Palestine, Arabia India, China, Japan Central and Southeastern Asia Greece Italy Spain, Portugal The Turkish Empire France, Switzerland Belgium, Holland The Austro-Hungarian Empire Germany Denmark, Norway, Sweden Russia Great Britain and Ireland Africa Australia, The Hawaiian Islands South America Central America, West India Islands Mexico Canada Pacific United States Rocky Mountain States Midcontinent States Southern States Central Lake States New England States Middle Atlantic StatesThere is also a section on art and architecture that is divided as follows:The Wealth of Art and the Art of WealthOrigin, Scope, and Development of ArtEgypt, Babylonia, Assyria, and PersiaIndia, China, and JapanClassic Era—GreeceThe Classic Era—ItalyEarly Christian and Byzantine PeriodIslam and Its MonumentsThe Romanesque and the GothicThere 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. This is your chance to see what all the fuss is about—all for just $2.99!
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