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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

1783réf. 978F8London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1783-1790. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. The very scarce complete first octavo edition of Gibbons's 'Decline and Fall' tracing Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the 15th century. The very scarce complete first octavo edition of Gibbons' famous work uniformly bound in full calf. While billed as 'A New Edition' to the title pages these volumes are all the very scarce first octavo edition.Volumes I-III of Gibbons's magnum opus were first published between between 1776 and 1781 in three quarto volumes and are here found bound in six volumes in the very scarce first octavo edition dated 1783. ESTC T78366Volumes IV-VI were first published in quarto volumes between 1788 and 1789 and are here found bound in six volumes and in the very scarce first octavo editions dated 1790. ESTC T78370Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece to volume I a folding map to volume II two large folding maps to the rear of volume VI. Collated complete.Gibbon here offers a condensed detailed and thorough history of the fall of the Roman Empire covering a period from 98 to 1590. He further explores the history of Europe Christianity and the Church.Gibbon has been criticized for his flawed interpretations of various religions with his scathing views on Christianity leading the book to be banned in several countries upon its publication.Volumes VI-XII retaining half titles. With the bookplates of W. Combes to front pastedown of volume I. In contemporary calf bindings with gilt detailing to back strips and boards. Significant rubbing to back strips most concentrated to tails and with small losses to back strip heads. Minor losses to perimeters of a small number of spine labels. Joints of volume I starting with front board somewhat tender. Head of front joint of volume III IV VI VII IX X strained and generally firmly held. Joints of volumes XI and XI starting and a touch tender. Remaining hinges strained but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedown of volume I. Internally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type otherwise clean and bright. Good W. Strahan; and T. Cadell hardcover

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Gibbon, EdwardBiblio.com

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete in Twelve Volumes

1791réf. 53160London UK: A Strahan and T Cadell 1791. Leather Bound. Good/None Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The 1791-1792 edition of Gibbon's ground-breaking history of the Roman Empire which covered the period from the height of the Empire to the fall of the successor Byzantium Empire 98 to 1590 AD and relied on primary sources. The original quarto printings were now converted to a more convenient octavo printing. Volume XII contains an extensive index to the work. The volumes are uniformly and bound in contemporary full tree-calf. Each has decoration in gilt to the spines with two contrasting Morocco title plates with gilt lettering. Boards are decorated in gilt with edge-tooling. All volumes show age with light rubbing to their extremities and joints and minor bumping to the corners. Light sunning to the spines. Occasional light rubbing to the surfaces of the boards. Each volume has the title plate of Abraham Spooner Lillingston of the midlands banking and iron industry family along with his hand-written name on the front paste downs. There are signs of a previous bookplate being present with off-setting from the front paste-down to the first free endpaper. Text-blocks remain tight with no obvious loose gatherings and the pages are bright with little ageing. ESTC T79691; Norton 38; cf.PMM 222. 1 - Includes a b/w frontispiece and two folding maps. xxiv 456pp. Upper rear corner bumped. 2 - xvi 496pp. Scuff to surface of lower board. 3 - Includes a folding map. viii 412pp. 4 - viii 443pp. 5 - vii 432pp. Small ink stain near the head of the upper joint. 6 - viii 420pp. Rubbing to surface of upper board near foot of upper joint. There is loss along the fore-edge of the first free endpaper. 7 - xii 424pp. Scuff to lower part of the upper joint. 2cm closed tear to leading edge of rear endpaper. 8 - viii 375pp. 9 - xii 502pp. 10 - xii 385pp. Scuff to lower corners of both boards. 11 - xii 460pp. Surface of the calf is rubbed to the lower corner of the upper board. 12 - xii 432 civ pp. This set is very heavy approximately 8.5 kg additional delivery fees and highly recommended insurance costs will need to be added. A Strahan and T Cadell hardcover

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Gibbon EdwardBiblio.com

THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

1838réf. 70052London: For T. Cadell Strand 1838. 8 volumes. A New Edition. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 engraved folding maps. 8vo very handsomely and sumptuously bound in full russia presentation bindings lettered and decorated in gilt with the crests and regalia of Archibald Primrose fifth Earl of Rosebery and Prime Minister in compartments of the spines between gilt ruled raised bands two compartments lettered in gilt one compartment with gilt tooled panel design the covers with triple gilt fillet lines at the borders meeting a floral device gilt at the intersections enclosing an arabesque styled central panel enclosing the gilt arms of Christ College Cambridge gilt turnovers marbled endleaves and edges. lii 509; viii 488; xii 571; xii 533; xvi 555; xii 501; xi 555; xi 468 index. A very fine and handsome set very well preserved and in excellent condition. A VERY FINE AND SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND SET WITH EXCELLENT PROVENANCE OF THE GREATEST HISTORICAL WORK EVER UNDERTAKEN. It was in Italy while "musing amid the ruins of the Capital" that Gibbon formed the plan of his history. Originally published in six volumes from 1776 to 1788 Gibbon's fine scholarship has remained for the most part unchallenged. The work's numerous reprintings throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are evidence of its popularity and historical accuracy. "For twenty-two years Gibbon was a prodigy of steady and arduous application. His investigations extended over almost the whole range of intellectual activity for nearly fifteen-hundred years. And so thorough were his methods that the laborious investigations of German scholarship the keen criticisms of theological zeal and the steady researches of two centuries have brought to light very few important errors in the results of his labors. But it is not merely the learning of his work learned as it is that gives it character as a history. It is also that ingenious skill by which the vast erudition the boundless range the infinite variety and the gorgeous magnificence of the details are all wrought together in a symmetrical whole. It is still entitled to be esteemed as the greatest historical work ever written" Adams Manual of Historical Literature pp. 146-147. The success of the work was immediate. "I am at a loss" Gibbon wrote "how to describe the success of the work without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pyrates of Dublin. My book was on every table and almost on every toilette." Publication of this grand work placed Gibbon at the "very head of the literary tribe" in Europe according to Adam Smith. For T. Cadell, Strand hardcover

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GIBBON, Edward (his copy) - BUTEL-DUMONT, Georges-MarieBiblio.com

Recherches historiques et critiques sur l'administration publique et privée des terres chez les Romains;

1779réf. 166741Paris: Chez la veuve Duchesne 1779. A rival view of the virtues of republican Rome First edition from the Lausanne library of Edward Gibbon with the earlier simpler form of his bookplate on the front pastedown. Butel-Dumont's views on the virtues of republican Rome differ widely from Gibbon's and might indeed have been taken as a direct criticism of them Gibbon's landmark history having first appeared just three years before in 1776. Georges-Marie Butel-Dumont 1725-1788 was a great admirer of English political economy. He was one of the first in France to write extensively about the British North American colonies in his Histoire et commerce des colonies anglaises 1755; in the same year he published a translation and enlargement of John Cary's Essay on the State of England 1695 as Essai sur l'état du commerce d'Angleterre. The present volume represents his last published work continuing the overarching argument of his Theory of Luxury 1771. "Not only did the modern world order require an overthrow of antiquated moralities but it entailed a concomitant overthrow of nostalgia for the ancient world itself. Rome had been but a brutish vampire state that no agrarian virtue could redeem no matter what the Fénelonians argued. Romans had preyed on the industry of others and one could only pray to 'heaven' that such a nation never appeared again on the 'face of the earth'" Reinert p. 185. Provenance: 1 Edward Gibbon 1737-1794 with his first state bookplate from his Lausanne library; 2 purchased in 1796 by William Beckford 1760-1844 who famously bought Gibbon's whole Lausanne library "to have something to read"; 3 by gift from Beckford to Gibbon's physician Dr Frederic Schöll d. 1835; 4 sold by him in 1825 to John Walter Halliday residing near Geneva; 5 Halliday's house and library acquired by Charles Bedot; 6 by descent to his son the marine biologist Maurice Bedot 1859-1927; 7 sold at auction 20 Dec 1934 Sotheby's to Maggs; 8 Sir John Russell 1872-1965 for the Rothamsted Experimental Station library for its agricultural content with discreet ink acquisition number dated 1937 and circular inkstamp of Rothamsted Experimental Station to front pastedown. Octavo 199 x 125 mm. Contemporary tan polished calf smooth spine richly gilt in compartments red morocco label brown edges. Front joint a little tender occasional trivial mark to contents else a fine copy. Keynes Gibbon's Library p. 84. Sophus A. Reinert Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy 2011. unknown

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni3 500,00 £GB≈ 4 165,28 €

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