The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN]

GIBBON, EDWARD

Published by Oxford: William Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford. MDCCCXXVII., 1827

About this Item

NEW EDITION. Complete in eight volumes. Leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (22 x 14 cm.), pp. xvi, 466; ix, 451; ix, 499; x, 520; xvi, 512; viii, 464; xi, 549; x, 469. English text. Handsomely bound in three quarter calf gilt by Bayntun of Bath, cloth sides, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece to first volume, extensive printed footnotes and sidenotes, general index to final volume. Printed by D. A. Talboys. Condition: NEAR FINE. Bindings tight and secure, the hinges and joints perfectly intact. A couple of trivial scuff marks to covers. Interiors largely fresh and clean. Without previous ownership markings. An exquisite set. Notes: A handsomely printed and bound 19th century edition of Gibbon's classic text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN]
• Publisher: Oxford: William Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford. MDCCCXXVII.
• Publication Date: 1827
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
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