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Professionally rebound in half calf over marbled boards with debossed rule to boards; 6 raised bands, gilt particulars, debossed decoration, and burgundy morocco label to spines. Volumes 1-3 are from 1781 and volumes 4-6 are from 1788. Vol 1 Fourth edition; Vol. 2 Second edition; Vol. 3 Second edition; Vol. 4-6 edition not stated. No previous owners' names or other markings. Each: 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches. Pagination : Vol. 1 ; 3 end leaves (modern, earlier rebinding, original); engraved portrait frontis by Hall after Reynolds, full title page, preface dated Feb 1, 1776 with postscript dated March 1, 1781, advertisement [5 leaves]; engraved folding map "Eastern part of the Roman Empire" by Tho. Kitchin Senr dated Jan 1, 1781; 1-704; 3 end leaves (as above); no errata Vol. 2 ; 3 end leaves (modern, earlier rebinding, original); half title, full title, contents [6 leaves]; engraved folding map "Western Part of the Roman Empire" (small tear at left fold line) by Tho. Kitchin Senr dated Jan 1, 1781; single-fold map "Parts of Europe of Asia adjacent to Constantinople" dated and engraved same, annotated to place front p. 22; 1-640; errata; 3 end leaves (as above); cancelled G1 and Ll1 Vol. 3 ; 3 end leaves (modern, earlier rebinding, original); half title, full title, contents [6 leaves]; 1-640; errata; 3 end leaves (as above); no map Vol. 4 ; 3 end leaves (modern, earlier rebinding, original); half title, full title, author's preface dated May 1, 1788 and postscript [6 leaves] and contents [4 leaves]; 1-620; 3 end leaves (as above) Vol. 5 ; 3 end leaves (modern, earlier rebinding, original); half title, full title, contents [6 leaves]; 1-684; 3 end leaves (as above) Vol. 6 ; 3 end leaves (modern, earlier rebinding, original); full title, contents [6 leaves]; 1-646; General Index [26 leaves, the back of the 26th, 4th, being errata to volumes 4-6].

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.