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London: For T. Cadell, Strand, 1838. 8 volumes. A New Edition. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 engraved folding maps. 8vo, very handsomely and sumptuously bound in full russia presentation bindings, lettered and decorated in gilt with the crests and regalia of Archibald Primrose, fifth Earl of Rosebery and Prime Minister, in compartments of the spines between gilt ruled raised bands, two compartments lettered in gilt, one compartment with gilt tooled panel design, the covers with triple gilt fillet lines at the borders meeting a floral device gilt at the intersections, enclosing an arabesque styled central panel enclosing the gilt arms of Christ College, Cambridge, gilt turnovers, marbled endleaves and edges. lii, 509; viii, 488; xii, 571; xii, 533; xvi, 555; xii, 501; xi, 555; xi, 468, index. A very fine and handsome set, very well preserved and in excellent condition. A VERY FINE AND SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND SET WITH EXCELLENT PROVENANCE OF THE GREATEST…

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.