The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
Category
Books
Date
1788
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3069862
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. . 4to.. Previous shelfmark: L.7.13-15. Shelved and uniform with vols. 1 (1782) and 2-3 (1787) of the new ed. Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christies, 21 June, lot 638.. Provenance: Bookplate in each vol: 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 bindings; single gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; recessed cords; gilt fillets and stamps on spines, with red and black morocco title and vol. no. labels. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)