The History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire / By Edward Gibbon, Esq. Complete in 12 volumes
London: Printed for W. Allason; B. Whitrow and Co.; C. Chapple; W. Barton; J. Evans and Son; ... [with 17 others, plus 2 in Glasgow and 1 in Dublin], 1818. New edition. Previous owner's signature. Finely bound set in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges nicked and rubbed. Remains particularly well preserved set internally. Item #317472
Physical description: 12v, plates (some folded): ill.., maps, port; 8vo. Notes:
Printer's details, t.p. verso: Plummer and Brewis, Printers, Love-Lane, Little-Eastcheap. Portrait of Gibbon, frontis to v.1. Subjects: Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Genre: History. Rome.
Price: €1,250.00