The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with Notes and a Memoir by F. A. Guizot (2 vols.)
by Gibbon, Edward
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: James S. Virtue. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Both volumes: Light scuffing to the fore-corners. Gilt page edges, and gilt spine titles and decoration on morocco covers; marbled endpapers. Light foxing to the early and late pages of the text blocks. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean; the hinges are remarkably intact for books of this weight; they appear to have never seen much use. No date given, but a light pencil name and date on the front free endpapers indicates 1873 or before. Vol. I: 643 pp. Vol. II: 666 pp. (!). Steel engravings throughout the text, with fold-out maps of Constantinople and the Roman Empire, and views of Rome and modern Alexandria. A very pretty set.
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- Title
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with Notes and a Memoir by F. A. Guizot (2 vols.)
- Author
- Gibbon, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James S. Virtue
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Ancient Rome - History
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- Jacket
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- Morocco
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