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London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1788. Third edition of Vol. 1, First editions of Vols. 2-6. Neat, contemporary ownership signatures; hinges worn and most covers detached or nearly so; spine dried and flaking; extremities rubbed; portrait in Vol. 1 foxed, otherwise the set is internally clean and with only scattered marking and soil, a few inoffensive spots of foxing.. Six volumes, uniform 4tos; frontispiece portrait of Gibbon from a painting by Joshua Reynolds, I: [3], vi-vi, [18], (1)-704; II: [10], (1)-640, with folding map between pp. 22-23, [1 errata]; III: [10], (1)-640, [1 errata]; IV: [i], ii-viii, [8], (1)-620; V: [8], (1)-684; VI: [12], (1)-646, [51 General Index], [1 errata]; contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards; folding map loosely inserted in Volume 1; bound without half-titles. Complete set of the indelible work that invented the modern discipline of history writing. (Additional shipping charge required).

Published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788, this extensive work by Edward Gibbon provides a detailed history of the decline of the Roman Empire.