GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE , in Six Volumes, Quarto, ABRIDGED in Two Volumes, Octavo ( Complete 2 Volume Set )

Name: GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE , in Six Volumes, Quarto, ABRIDGED in Two Volumes, Octavo ( Complete 2 Volume Set )
Author: Gibbon, Edward

Gibbon, Edward

Published by G. Kearsley, Johnson's Head, Fleet Street, London, 1789

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First Abridged Edition, complete in 2 Volumes. Each Title page Dated 1789. Vol. I, xi preliminary pages. Main Text, 569 p. pages + Publisher's advert. Vol. II, xi preliminary pages. Main text 562 pages + publisher's advert. 8 1/4" Tall. 1.5 Kilos. Set rebound in Half-Leather with Marbled paper-covered boards and Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's inscriptions, dated 1789 in corner of half-title pages. in the front advertisment page the word "compressed" is underlined and "comprised" is writtten in the fore margin. Marginal pencil mark on one page. Otherwise no other inscriptions.

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Title: GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE , in Six Volumes, Quarto, ABRIDGED in Two Volumes, Octavo ( Complete 2 Volume Set )
Author: Gibbon, Edward
Publisher: G. Kearsley, Johnson's Head, Fleet Street, London
Publication year: 1789
Condition: Very Good
Binding: Half-Leather
Edition: First Thus
Dimensions: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller catalogs: Antiquarian Books, Classics, History

Excalibur Books

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