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Leather Bound. H: 8 3/4", D: 5 3/4", W: 1 1/2" 8 Volumes. Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Bound in full brown calf. The covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled with purple and blue morocco labels. All edges are marbled, neatly rebacked, Notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot. Edited with additional notes by William Smith. Includes portraits and maps. London: John Murray, 1854.

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.