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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Empire. A New Edition.
GIBBON'S ROMAN EMPIRE
London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell and W. Travis, 1797.
12 vols., 8vo (8.75 x 5.5 inches). Full diced Russia
calf with gilt lettering on spine and double gilt
fillets. Gilt fillet framing boards. Dentelles, yellow
edges and marbled boards. Double armorial bookplates
and ownership inscription. Engraved frontispiece and
folded map. A little foxing to the prelims.
A very elegant set of Edward Gibbon's most important
work which was known principally for the quality and
irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its
open denigration of organised religion, though the
extent of this is disputed by some critics.
£1500.00
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