GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE in six volumes, Quarto: ABRIDGED in Two Volumes, Octavo. ( Complete 2 Volume Set )
by Gibbon, Edward
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
First Abridged Edition, complete in 2 volumes. ( Please note this is the 2 volume abridged edition not 6 volumes ). Each Title page dated 1789. Vol. I, XI (11) preliminary pages, main text 569 p.pages + publisher's advert. Vol. II, XI (11) preliminary pages, main text 562 p.pages + publisher's advert. 8 1/4" tall, 1.5 Kilos. Set rebound in Half-leather with marbled paper-covered boards and marbled endpapers. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1789, in corner of half-title pages. In the front advertisement page the word "compressed" is underlined and "comprised" is written in the fore margin. Marginal pencil mark on one page, otherwise no inscriptions.
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019150
- Title
- GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE in six volumes, Quarto
- Author
- Gibbon, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. Kearsley
- Place of Publication
- Johnson's Head, Fleet Street, London
- Date Published
- 1789
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Antiquarian Books/History/Ancient/Rome/Gibbon's Decline & Fall/Gibbon's Roman History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian Books;
- Size
- 8vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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