The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
Category
Books
Date
1787
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038797.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.3. 4to.. Previous shelfmark: L.7.12. Shelved and uniform with vol. 1 of the new ed. (1782) and vols. 4-6 (1788). Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christies, 21 June, lot 638.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Eighteenth-century tree calf binding; single gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; recessed cord; gilt fillet and stamp on spine, with red and black morocco title and vol. no. label. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)