PERETZ - SOURCES OF THE GREAT MAJORITY 1905 edition.

PERETZ Adolf

SOURCES OF GREAT FORTUNES

Based on the research of Professor R. Chrenberg

compiled and supplemented by the Editorial Board of "Gazeta Losowań"

Warsaw 1905, "Gazeta Handlowa" Printing House, pp [6] 129, format: 14.5x21 cm

"From the earliest times, the rich have been and are the object of hatred and often contempt of the crowds....

We wished, on the basis of materials extracted from the state archives by a German historian, to lift the shroud of the veil that has hitherto covered the sources of the fortunes of some of the most famous families in the history of the universe, or at least of Europe; we wished, on the basis of historically established facts, to reveal the paths leading to wealth, and at the same time to establish certain general principles by which the creators or conquerors of millions in commerce and industry were governed...." From the introduction.

Contents: Fuggers, Rothchilds, Krupp

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