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5 vols. Strahan & Cadell, London 1781,1781,1781, 1788,1788, 4th.,2nd,2nd, 1st. & 1st. eds. respectively. 8-1/4 x11-1/4 , (xx,704), 640,640,684,646pp. + index. frontis. & 2 folding maps. full leather, ornate spines, red labels, marbled eps & foredges. chipped sp caps, cracked outer hinges, vol.1 has detached covers & a waterstain visible on the spine side of the last pages of text, ugly for last few pages & rear eps. lovely bindings, once, now the worse for wear, contents NF except for the last few pages of vol.1 as noted. $.

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.