The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire.
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
Category
Books
Date
1809
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3064473
Summary
Bibliographic description
9v.,plates . ill..,maps,ports.. (engr.) . 8vo.. MS. notes including dates of reading (1928). With a bookmark bearing the manuscript 'George of Cappadocia' inserted into vol. 3.. Provenance: manuscript on flyleaf of vol. I: G.O. Trevelyan; Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate, lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan.. Binding: Diced calf; gilt rolls to form a border; gilt lettered direct onto spine: Gibbon's Roman Empire.
Makers and roles
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)