GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell (vols. I-III), for A. Strahan and T. Cadell (vols. IV-VI), 1776-1888.
6 volumes, 4o (276 x 218 mm). Half titles and errata as called for by Norton in volumes II and II, engraved portrait of Gibbon after Reynolds (bound in volume I, not volume II as issued), 3 engraved folding maps (slight tear to fold of map, preliminary unprinted leaves loose in some volumes). Contemporary calf (rebacked, light rubbing).
FIRST EDITION of Vols. II-VI; second edition of Vol. I of Gibbon's celebrated history of the Mediterranean world from the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. A "masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style" (PMM). Grolier English 58; Norton 21, 23, 29; PMM 222. See previous lot. (6)
GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell (vols. I-III), for A. Strahan and T. Cadell (vols. IV-VI), 1776-1888.
6 volumes, 4o (276 x 218 mm). Half titles and errata as called for by Norton in volumes II and II, engraved portrait of Gibbon after Reynolds (bound in volume I, not volume II as issued), 3 engraved folding maps (slight tear to fold of map, preliminary unprinted leaves loose in some volumes). Contemporary calf (rebacked, light rubbing).
FIRST EDITION of Vols. II-VI; second edition of Vol. I of Gibbon's celebrated history of the Mediterranean world from the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. A "masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style" (PMM). Grolier English 58; Norton 21, 23, 29; PMM 222. See previous lot. (6)
