Being the true and faithful account of a number of highly interesting meetings with certain historical personages , from Conficius and Plato to Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson, about whom we had always felt a great deal of curiosity and who came to us as our dinner guests in a bygone year.
Written and illustrated by Hendrik Willem van Loon. Simon and Schuster. New York.1942. First Edition. 2nd Printing
Dedication reads:
In dedicating these pages to JULIANA, Heir to the Throne of the Free and Independent Kingdom of the Netherlands, know that I give expression to the sentiments that are foremost in her own heart
if I inscribe these chapters to the memory of those valiant men of our beloved Zeeland who died while trying to preserve and maintain that most cherished of their possessions: THEIR LIBERTY
Hardcover with rose buckram boards and a crest on the front cover. Condition very good with some smudging
