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GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: for T. Cadell with W. Strahan (vols. I-III) or A. Strahan (vols. IV-VI), 1776-1788.
6 volumes, 4° (282 x 224mm). Half-title in vol. III. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Gibbon, 3 folding engraved maps. (Without gatherings *a and *b in vol.I, lacking half-titles from vols. I-II & IV-VI, some browning and spotting, some old dampstaining to lower margins of vols. IV and V.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt (vols. IV and V with covers affected by damp, most joints split, spines slightly rubbed and chipped). Provenance: Georgiana, Countess Spencer (armorial bookplate, Althorp bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Volume I in the second state with 2 cancelled leaves, volume III with p.177 correctly numbered and the 'Honorious' misprint on p.179. The extended list of contents of vol. I (6 leaves, gatherings *a and *b) were issued with vol. II but are not present in this set. It appears that, as A3 and A4 in vol. I already list the contents, a decison was taken to discard the extended list from from this set. Norton 20, 23, 29; Rothschild 942.
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6 volumes, 4° (282 x 224mm). Half-title in vol. III. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Gibbon, 3 folding engraved maps. (Without gatherings *a and *b in vol.I, lacking half-titles from vols. I-II & IV-VI, some browning and spotting, some old dampstaining to lower margins of vols. IV and V.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt (vols. IV and V with covers affected by damp, most joints split, spines slightly rubbed and chipped). Provenance: Georgiana, Countess Spencer (armorial bookplate, Althorp bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Volume I in the second state with 2 cancelled leaves, volume III with p.177 correctly numbered and the 'Honorious' misprint on p.179. The extended list of contents of vol. I (6 leaves, gatherings *a and *b) were issued with vol. II but are not present in this set. It appears that, as A3 and A4 in vol. I already list the contents, a decison was taken to discard the extended list from from this set. Norton 20, 23, 29; Rothschild 942.
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