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 3064473.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1.,plates . ill..,maps,ports.. (engr.) . 8vo.. MS. notes including dates of reading: top of chapter VII 'May 21 1928', middle chapter VIII May 22 1928, end of chapter IX May 25 1928, end of chapter X May 27 1928, and dates ranging from May 20 1928-May 27 1928 alongside the page numbers in contents. Provenance: manuscript on flyleaf: 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)