Gibbon, Edward: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Dublin: Printed for Luke White [...] 1789
Book, 6 vols. 8vo. pp. x, [xii], 599, [i]; [x], 527 [i]; [x], 547 [i]; [x], 522; [x], 570 (ie. 560); [xii], 596, [lxiv] + portrait frontispiece of Gibbon and 3 engraved folding maps, of which two are accredited to Thomas Kitchin, in vols. 1 - 3; volume 5 with 1788 imprint as usual; contemporary tree calf, contrasting red and green morocco labels, several headcaps and joints expertly renewed. Early annotations on fly-leaves of first volume. Owenership signature excised from titles.
£1100
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