The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
Category
Books
Date
1854 - 1855
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3057612
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v., plates . ill.., port.., maps . 8vo.. Imperfect: lacks the portrait in v.1. Partly unopened. Provenance: No ownership marks. Binding: Publisher's bright blue cloth, embossed design (centre-piece = 'Murray's British Classics'). Somewhat worn; head of spine of v.4 defective. Binder's ticket on end pastedowns (except v.6): 'Bound by Edmonds and Remnants. London.'.
Makers and roles
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874) Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868) Sir William George Smith (1813-1893)