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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 re-binding, 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 errataVol 2; 3 end leaves (modern, earlier re-binding, 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…

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.