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GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London, for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777-88, 6 vols., 4°, mixed edition [FIRST EDITION vols. II and IV-VI, vol. I third edition, vol. III second edition], engraved portrait and 3 folding maps (portrait lightly offset onto title, occasional light spotting, final text leaf of vol. I slightly creased and partly detached, occasional light spotting), contemporary tree calf, spines gilt in 6 compartments, crimson and green morocco labels (upper joint of vol. I slightly split, foot of spine to vol. VI slightly scuffed). [cf. Rothschild 945; Norton, 22, 23, 25 and 29]
Volume III is a reissue of the first edition with a cancelled half-title and title page and the errata left uncorrected. The portrait issued with with vol. II inserted in vol. I as usual.
