Gibbon, Edward

Sixteen works in nineteen volumes by or about Edward Gibbon or from his library. Basil Kennett. Antiquities of Rome. London: W. Innys [and others], 1746. 8vo. frontispiece and numerous plates. Contemporary calf. Joints nearly detached and extremities rubbed and damaged. Provenance: Edward Gibbon — Johann Heinrich Cohausen. Hermippus Redivivus. London: J. Nourse, 1749. 8vo. Contemporary calf. Joint nearly detached. Provenance: Edward Gibbon; Sidney Kirkman — Critical observations. London: P. Elmsley, 1770. 8vo. 1st edition. Modern wrappers — A vindication. London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1779. 8vo. 1st edition. Untrimmed. Modern wrappers — A Vindication. Dublin: W. & H. Whitestone [and others], 1779. 8vo. Modern half calf. Provenance: J.G. Drummond; Henry Cabot Lodge — Essai sur l'étude de la littérature. London: T. Becket & P.A. de Hondt, 1761. 8vo. 1st edition in French. Contemporary calf — Essai sur l'étude de la littérature. London & Paris: Duchesne, 1761. 8vo. Title repaired. Contemporary calf — An Essay on the study of Literature. London: T. Becket & P.A. de Hondt, 1764. 8vo. Contemporary calf — Caroline de Lichtfield par Madame D***. London & Paris: Buisson, 1786. 2 vols 8vo. 1st edition in French. Original wrappers — Richard Watson. An Apology for Christianity. London: J. Archdeacon, 1776. 8vo. 1st edition. Contemporary i8calf. Joint detached, spine damaged. Provenance: J. E. Butt — Richard Watson. An Apology for Christianity. London: J. Archdeacon, 1777. 4to. Contemporary half calf. Provenance: John William — Richard Watson. An Apology for Christianity. Dublin: W. Watson [and others], 1777. 8vo. Early 19th-century calf. Provenance: Thomas Greene; Ross Library; Basil Jacobs — John Whitaker. Gibbon's History. London: J. Murray, 1791. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Joint fragile. Provenance: Earl of Harcourt; Basil Jacob — Miscellaneous works. London: A. Strahan & T Cadell, 1796. 2 vols. Folio. Illustrations. Original wrappers. — Private letters of Edward Gibbon. London: J. Murray, 1896. [with] The autobiography of E. Gibbon. London: J. Murray, 1896. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf.