The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume One only (of six) (Everyman's Library #434)

GIBBON, Edward

ISBN 10: 0394604032 / ISBN 13: 9780394604039

Published by Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., London / New York, 1960

A 1960 reprint of the 1910 issuance. Volume one only of the original six-volume Everyman's Library set presenting Edward Gibbon's magnificent history of the decline of the Roman Empire. Per his introduction, Christopher Dawson praises the author for the way Gibbon: ". . .disposes of his vast material and creates out of the shapeless mass an ordered and intelligible whole." Entry 434 in Everyman's Library History series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full blue cloth-covered boards with coppery/gilt-stamped spine titling and interlocked 'EL' at tail of spine; orange topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to half title page, underlinings and marginalia inked to a few leaves toward front of book, and an indentation to front cover edge, else a tightly-bound, sound copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xx, 500, 4 (ads) pages. Seller Inventory # 89726

Synopsis:

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1787 edition by J. J. Tourneisen, Basil.

Synopsis: An extensive history of the Roman Empire, from the third to the fifteenth century, delineating the personalities and events that determined Rome's eras of splendor and degradation.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: ...
Publisher: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., London / New York
Publication Date: 1960
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket