Gibbon, Edward

Six volumes, 4to (11 x 8 1/2 in.; 278 x 220 mm). Half-titles in volumes 2-6; lacking errata leaves; Volume 1 in second edition, dated 1789; engraved frontispiece portrait of Gibbon after Joshua Reynolds dated 1780 in volume 1 ( repeated in volume 2), two folding maps of the Western and Eastern Empire in volume 1 (map of the Western Empire repeated in volume 6), map of the parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople in volume 2. Title of volume 2 repaired, some foxing and spotting. Late eighteenth^-century red morocco binding, large gilt floral border on panels, spines with gilt urn in compartments; spines slightly faded. 

[with:]




Edward Gibbon. Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of his life and Writings... London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1796 



Two volumes, 4to (11 x 8 1/2 in.; 278 x 220 mm). Frontispiece in volume one. Spotting and foxing. Nineteenth-century red straight-grained morocco, large gilt "dentelle" border on panels, spines with gilt urn in compartments. Spines slightly faded. 



Together two works in eight volumes. 

George Harwood (bookplate). 

Grolier/English 58; Norton 20, 23, 29; PMM 222; Rothschild 942

Elegant set in similar red morocco binding. The History of the Roman Empire is considered as a " masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style."