GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1781-88. 6 volumes, 4°, half titles (lacking portrait and maps, occasional spotting), contemporary tree calf gilt, spines gilt with brown and green morocco labels (some old repairs incorporating ?later spines, extremities rubbed). Vol. one fourth edition; the remaining vols. FIRST EDITIONS. Norton 23-24, 29; cf. Rothschild 945. (6)