Gombrich, later known as an art historian, wrote this primer in 1935, when he was a young man in Vienna (it was soon banned by the Nazis as too "pacifist"). But it is a work one can quickly come to love. This is an unusual work for Yale: a children's history originally published 70 years ago. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index.īlending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work.įor this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The two hundred illustrations-most of them in full color-are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page.
The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005.
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