When Georg Brandes came to Poland, he was already an accomplished critic, political activist and one of the architects of the Modern Breakthrough, a cultural movement which deeply reorientated ...

A NEWSPAPER review of this book has come into our possession, which gives the impression that its most prominent feature is the treatment of biological questions such as the Darwinian theory.

The Highlanders have the privilege of being Europe's only private army after they were presented with colours by Queen ...

Modern historians and scientists hail Wallace as one of the bravest figures of the 19th century. He possessed enough physical ...

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles The Southern European School, 19th Century comprised a group of artists active in ...

Numbers and Nationhood, first published in 1996, explores the Italian inflection of a Europe-wide phenomenon in the nineteenth century: the rise of statistics as a mode of representation in society.