The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Half calf & marbled boards, eight volumes, 14 maps, 1862.
Published by London: John Murray,, 1862
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.J & J House Booksellers, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since July 18, 1998
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 750.00
Quantity: 1 available
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8 vols, 8vo (8¾ x 5½), steel engraved frontispiece portrait, 14 maps including 12 folding, some hand-colored. Half calf & marbled boards, backs in six gilt paneled compartments, gilt lettering pieces in the second & fourth, gilt corner & center ornaments in the rest, matching marbled edges & end papers. Very good, complete with all maps. Sheets & maps unusually clean & fresh, unmarked, complete. Calf with some wear to edges & extremities, head-cap of vol 1 repaired, no names or bookplates. H8295.
Seller Inventory # 9069
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Half calf & marbled boards, eight volumes, 14 maps, 1862.
- Author
- Edward Gibbon. With notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot, additional notes by William Smith.
- Publisher
- London: John Murray,
- Publication year
- 1862
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- Illustrated Edition
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- Antiquarian Books, Fine Bindings, Signed Bindings, Binding Sets, Sets & Complete Works
J & J House Booksellers, ABAA
Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
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J & J House Booksellers, ABAA
PA, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
J & J House Booksellers is a sole proprietorship owned by Jonathan G. House and Joann B. House and is located at 731 Unionville Rd, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 19348. Our e-mail address is j-jhouse@verizon.net. Telephone: 610-444-7446. Joann B. House is an authorized representative. Payment in US Dollars. Orders are shipped USPS. Foreign orders are shipped US Air Priority (shiping price quoted on those orders). All items intended to be satisfactory & if found not to be are returnable within 10 days & must be received by us in the same condition in which they were sent. If damage to merchandise occurs in transit buyer must immediately notify us for return instructions. Books held 1 week pending receipt of payment. PA residents add 6% sales tax.
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