The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [with] The Miscellaneous Works of. with Memoirs of his Life and Writings. with occasional notes and narrative by. John, Lord Sheffield
Published by London: [I] Lackington, Allen and Co. [et al]; [II] Printed for John Murray 1815, 1814, 1815
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Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United KingdomBow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since September 22, 1998
Condition: Used
£ 750.00
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Seventeen volumes, 8vo, "Decline and Fall." 12 volumes with a portrait frontispiece and 2 folding maps, "Miscellaneous Works" second edition, 5 volumes with a portrait frontispiece, 4 plates and a folding genealogy. Some occasional light foxing, particularly to the maps, marbled endpapers and edges, bookplates of Baron Dimsdale. Uniformly bound in contemporary calf, corners with some wear, neatly rebacked, "Decline and Fall" retaining the original green morocco labels, "Miscellaneous Works" with new labels. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works. Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day." (Printing and the Mind of Man 222). Norton p.115 & no. 134.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [with] The Miscellaneous Works of. with Memoirs of his Life and Writings. with occasional notes and narrative by. John, Lord Sheffield
- Author
- GIBBON, Edward
- Publisher
- London: [I] Lackington, Allen and Co. [et al]; [II] Printed for John Murray 1815, 1814
- Publication year
- 1815
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Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
Lewes, United Kingdom
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Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association…
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Literature, Topography & Travel, Maps & Atlases, Geology, Fine Bindings & Fore Edge Paintings, General Antiquarian, Science, Natural History, Sussex, BloomsburyAssociation member
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Bow Windows Bookshop Ltd.
175 High Street
Lewes, United Kingdom BN7 1YE
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