Edward Gibbon History Of Decline & Fall Of The Roman Empire 1816 FULL 12 VOLS
Item History & Price
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
...gen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(211, 190, 144);">London: T. Tegg, 1816.
Twelve volumes
With Portrait frontispiece, & 2 large folding maps.
Volume One – xxiv 456pp; Volume Two - xv, [1], 496pp; Volume Three - viii, 412pp; Volume Four - viii, 443pp, [1]; Volume Five - vii, [1], 432pp; Volume Six - viii, 420pp; Volume Seven - viii, 424pp; Volume Eight - xii, viii, 375pp, [1]; Volume Nine - xii, 502pp; Volume Ten - xii, 385pp, [1]; Volume Eleven - xii, 460pp and Volume Twelve - xv, [1], 432pp, [96].
8vo.
Uniformly bound in full speckled calf. Boards loose on a few.
Inside some foxing, else generally clean & tight.
Folding maps.
Vol. I contains two very nice folding maps (measuring about 17' square), dated 1781, and showing the One 'Eastern Part of the Roman Empire' & the other Western, designed by Thomas Kitchin.
Vol. II contains an equally nice (although smaller) folding map, also by Kitchin and dated 1781, showing 'Parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople'.
Size 8.4 x 5.4 inches