Essays, Letters & Biographies
|
|
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1791)
Edward Gibbon
| Publisher: | London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791 | | Edition: | A New Edition of books first published in 1776-1788. | | Dimensions: | In 12 volumes. | | Condition: | Internally clean with foxed endpapers. | | Stock Number: | B09998 | | | Price: | HK$ 15,000 | | |
“All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.”- Chapter LXXI
All bound in contemporary full tree calf leather. Re-spined with original spine laid on with recent burgundy title piece and gilt lettering. A most presentable set of very early printing of Gibbon’s monumental work.
|