Delphi Text Complete book set, 1-19, The Delphian Society, 1920s, Very Good hardcover

Chicago: The Delphian Society, 1925-1929.

English, Very Good, HC, 8vo, 9" x 6 1/4", Continuous pagination.

Very Good octavo 9" x 6 1/4", hardcovers in dark red leatherette on limp boards with stamped gilt lettering to front panel and spine. Minor wear and sunning, light interior soiling, some black crumbles throughout the set along corners and endpapers, otherwise attractive. Light annotations to Part Fifteen. Minor tear to page 23- 24 of Part Eighteen. Includes some black-and-white images and a few color images throughout to supplement the material, and marbled endpapers. Published by The Delphian Society, a Chicago-based organization led by Rachel Applegate Solomon that promoted the education of women, thereby creating one of the earliest examples of remote education that can be completed by women in their homes, at their own leisure. Parts One to Five are also labeled with "First Year." Part Nine is titled incorrectly on the binding as Part Five (without the First Year subtitle).

Part One: xl + 208 pp. Egyptian Beginnings.

Part Two: 209-442 pp. Our Codes in the Making: Codes of Commerce in Babylonia and Codes of Ethics in Palestine. 

Part Three: 443-678 pp. Our Models of Art and Literature: Aegean Life in Homer's Song and The Athens of Pericles, Plato and Phidas. 

Part Four: 679-929 pp. Creating the Trust Fund of Culture: The University-Cities of Alexander the Great and The Building of Rome. 

Part Five: 931-1148 pp. Includes the Fall of Rome, Latin Literature, and Illustrative Literature.

Part Six: xlvi +275 pp. Includes the Middle Ages, early Christianity, and the Rise of Islam. 

Part Seven: 276-539 pp. Includes the Crusades, Monastic Growth, and Byzantine Art and the variety of Churches. 

Part Eight: 540-830 pp. Includes Dante Alighiere, the Italian Renaissance, and the city of Venice. 

Part Nine: 831-1135 pp. Includes Italian and French Writers, the Renaissance in France and Germany, and Catherine de Medici. 

Part Ten: 1-283 pp. The Drama in Ancient Greece and Rome, with both tragedies and comedies. 

Part Eleven: 284-564 pp. Includes Medieval and Early English Drama, Elizabethan Drama such as Shakespeare. 

Part Twelve: 565-840 pp. Includes more Shakespeare, Modern English Drama, and Continental Drama. 

Part Thirteen: 841-1120 pp. Includes Six Appendices of Illustrative Material from Dramatic Study, as in Dramas and plays. 

Part Fourteen: vi + 383 pp. Great Periods of Painting, focusing on Italian Art. 

Part Fifteen: 384-742 pp. Great Periods of Painting, focusing on places beyond the Alps, such as Germany, Flanders, Spain and more. 

Part Sixteen: 1-495 pp. Appreciation of Music.

Part Seventeen: viii + 472 pp. Studies in Poetry, including some of the classics. 

Part Eighteen: 368 pp. Stories and Romances, including myths and legends.

Part Nineteen: 369-730 pp. Stories and Romances, including ones from the Renaissance, Elizabethan era, and 'Oriental' tales.