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
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3038798
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2-3 (of 6?). map . 4to.. Shelved and uniform with v.1 of the new ed. (1782) and v.4-6 (1788). Provenance: Hervey armorial bookplate, with Baron's coronet, label mark of cadency [i.e. first son] and motto Je n'oublierai jamais [probably John Augustus, Lord Hervey (1757-1796)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full tree calf binding; gilt tooled border; Twentieth-century rebacked spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Gibbon's Roman Empire. II [-III]. 1787".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)