Document signed, with an autograph annotation ('Bon sur la quittance generale [Agreed for the receipt in full] E. Gibbon'), at the foot of the bill made out to 'Monsieur Gibbon Gentilhomme anglois' for shoes and clogs purchased in Lausanne from David Roch between June and October 1784.

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One page oblong 8vo. (11.5 x 17cms). To the left of Gibbon's annotation Roch has signed a receipt for the payment, dated 15 April 1785. According to this bill, between 27 June and 7 October Gibbon purchased from David Roch six pairs of shoes in the English style (facon Angloise), and one pair of 'claques' (clogs or galoshes), at four Swiss livres each, the total coming to 28 livres. In 1783 Gibbon, in somewhat straitened circumstances, had decided to leave England and to live with his old friend George Deyverdun in Lausanne, where he had previously stayed from 1753 to 1758. Yale, Beinecke Library, have a similar bill made out to Edward Gibbon from David Roch, dated 3rd January 1787. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

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Document signed, with an autograph annotation ('Bon sur la quittance generale [Agreed for the receipt in full] E. Gibbon'), at the foot of the bill made out to 'Monsieur Gibbon Gentilhomme anglois' for shoes and clogs purchased in Lausanne from David Roch between June and October 1784.
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GIBBON, Edward.
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1784-5
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1784
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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.…

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