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1969Best.-Nr. SBBI-mon0000127479Burke Publishing 1969. hardcover. Acceptable. Integral damage to binding e.g. cover coming away no spine chunks of pages falling out. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Burke Publishing hardcover
2007Best.-Nr. InstkSB-9780811860598Chronicle Books 2007. Hardcover. New. Chronicle Books hardcover
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1791Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 8210London: H. Woodfall J. Beecroft W. Strahan J. Rivington. 1768. In Seven Volumes. FROM THE LIBRARY OF EDWARD GIBBON. Each volume bears the book-plate of Edward Gibbon and the set is mentioned in Keynes' Bibliography. Bound in contemporary full tan calf gilt raised bands 3 of the vols. lack their red morocco labels extremities worn spines rubbed upper joint to vol. III tender. Contents mostly clean and fresh. "The Library of Edward Gibbon. A Catalogue." by Geoffrey Keynes is in original black cloth gilt and is illustrated. According to Keynes' catalogue of Gibbon's library this set came from the Bentinck Street collection. It is very exciting to handle a set that was in the London library of the writer of 'The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire'. hardcover
1787Best.-Nr. 85193Basil Paris: J.J. Tourneisen Pissot 1787. Hardcover Octavo. Hardcover. Good. leather spine gilt lettering red papered boards 434474403431426411 pp spines and boards are lightly scuffed no marks to endpapers or pages top edge darkened Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. J.J. Tourneisen, Pissot hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 42471New York NY: Fred Defau & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. 15 volume set. Edition Lausanne. Number 590 of 1000 registered sets. Edited by J. B. Bury with an introduction by The Rt. Hon. W. D. H. Lecky. Magnificent leather work on both sides of front and back boards. Lettered in gilt on spines raised bands. Front and rear free silk endsheets face the internally decorated front and back boards. Personal bookplate of famed California industrialist and bibliophile Leonard Buck in each volume. Please call us to further discuss intricate binding. Due to number of volumes and insurance additional postage will be required. ; 6" x 8 3/4" . Fred Defau & Company hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. L3 box800 b5The Gibson Book: A Collection of the Published Works of Charles Dana Gibbon In Two Volumes. Eleven Gibson Books in Two Volumes 1. Drawings; 2. Pictures of People; 3. London; 4. Sketches and Cartoons; 5. The Education of Mr. Pipp; 6. Americans; 7. A Widow and Her Friends; 8. The Social Ladder; 9. Eighty Drawings including The Weaker Sex: The Story of a Susceptible Bachelor; 10. Everyday People; 11. Our Neighbors. Published in 1906 by Charles Scribner's Sons and R. H. Russell & Sons. Complete two volumes red cloth hardcover gilt lettering of book name and decoration on front cover of each volume gilt top edge. Extra large size and heavy books: 17.5" x 11.5" x 2.5". Charles Scribner's Sons, and R. H. Russell & Sons. hardcover
1838Best.-Nr. 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
1788Best.-Nr. 206212London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand 1788. Third edition of Vol. 1 First editions of Vols. 2-6. Neat contemporary ownership signatures; hinges worn and most covers detached or nearly so; spines dried and flaking; extremities rubbed; portrait in Vol. 1 foxed otherwise the set is internally clean and with only scattered marking and soil a few inoffensive spots of foxing. Six volumes uniform 4tos; frontispiece portrait of Gibbon from a painting by Joshua Reynolds I: 3 vi-vi 18 1-704; II: 10 1-640 with folding map between pp. 22-23 1 errata; III: 10 1-640 1 errata; IV: i ii-viii 8 1-620; V: 8 1-684; VI: 12 1-646 51 General Index 1 errata; contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards; folding map loosely inserted in Volume 1; bound without half-titles. Complete set of the indelible work that invented the modern discipline of history writing. Offered together with the three volumes of Gibbon's Miscellaneous Works 1796-1815 in full calf. Additional shipping charge required. Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand unknown
Best.-Nr. 7778T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt. London. 1761. First edition of the authors first book. 8vo. xxxii 159pp. All original blank leaves present two before the title and four after last leaf that has text. "From the Author" in Gibbon's own hand to blank opposite title page. This has offset lightly to title page. Bound in contemporary full brown speckled calf worn at extremities rebacked with original spine laid down. Original spine darkened as if scorched. Outer margins of e/ps. and title browned some occ. foxing. Inner hinge visible but sound. The whole contained in a purpose made clam-shell marbled box with leather lettering piece. Norton 1. Though not published until 1761 Gibbon wrote this first work in French in 1758 when he was 21. He let Dr. Maty of the British Museum read it and on gaining approval revised and completed it in 1759. It was only published due to his fathers urging. The dedication to his father is both sincere and touching. The book mostly due to being written in French was more successful abroad than in England. The publishers covered the costs of producing the book and took the profits Gibbon retained the copyright and received a number of free copies. According to Norton 42 copies were made available to Gibbon. 21 copies were presented by the author to several eminent characters in England and France one was presented to the Duke of York and 20 were given by the author to his friends in Lausanne. This copy is one of these 42. hardcover
1779Best.-Nr. 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
1776Best.-Nr. 44482London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1776-88. Six volumes volume I second edition volumes II-VI first edition. 4to. Recent panelled calf spines with raised bands the old twin spine labels preserved a few with repair and renewed gilt with gilt decoration to the other panels the 19th century armorial bookplates of Lord Rendlesham "Labore et Honore" retained to the front pastedowns. Portrait frontispiece in volume I plus 3 folding maps. A handsome set. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell unknown
1781Best.-Nr. 001414London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1781. Six volumes complete 1781-1788 - Volume One pub. 1782 - 3 iv-vii 13 704pp; Volume Two pub. 1781 - 10 640pp 2; Volume Three pub. 1781 - 10 640pp; Volume Four pub. 1788 - 2 i-viii 8 1-620pp; Volume Five pub. 1788 - 10 1-684pp and Volume Six pub. 1788 - 12 1-646pp 52. Contemporary full tree calf later rebacked with original backstrips laid on smooth backs with spines in seven panels title label to second panel volume label to fourth panels one five and seven with central lozenge shaped tool and roundel corner pieces in gilt panels three and six with fleoron roll in gilt Greek key roll to board edges of covers rope roll to board edges. Spine labels chipped partially obscuring one or two corners bumped and worn a few minor bumps and scrapes to covers. Internally generally lightly browned some light foxing and some staining to margins light damp stain to fore edges of text block. The folding map and the first two signatures of volume two are foxed closed tear to foot of N2 catching text but with no loss and signatures 3H and 3I are lightly foxed; in volume three there is a small nick with loss to top margin of a4 and a stain to Nn1 catching text but with no loss of sense; and volume four with light water staining to signature O catching text but with no loss of sense. Lacking half-titles. Portrait frontispiece engraved by Hall after Reynolds and folding map to volume one and two folding maps to volume two. See Norton 26 with the misprint on page 624 which Norton notes probably means that this edition was set up from a copy of the fourth and that volumes two and three called the second edition are really a reissue of the first with cancel titles and half titles Norton page 53. Reprint. Full Calf. Good. 4to. W. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1797Best.-Nr. 008754London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Caddell Jun. And W. Davies in the Strand 1797. The complete twelve volume set of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" the "New Edition" published 1797. With engraved frontispiece and folding map of the Parts of Europe & Asia adjacent to Constantinople and large folding map of the Western part of the Roman Empire in volume I; and folding map volume II being the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. Bound in contemporary marbled calf with old rebacking and recent professional restorations to caps and corners now in custom mylar sleeves. Near Fine widely scattered moderate toning throughout a quite handsome and solid set. With excellent historical provenance bearing the armorial bookplates and ownership signatures "Edward Cooper Hodge from T.W. 1830" in each volume. Edward Cooper Hodge General Sir 1810 - 1894 was a British Army officer who as a Lieutenant-Colonel commanded the 4th Royal Irish Regiment of Dragoon Guards in the immortal "Charge of the Heavy Brigade" at the Battle of Balaclava. He was subsequently placed in command of the 5th Dragoon Guards and later rose to the rank of General. Hodge later gifted this set to John Parr Welsford a British banker and merchant. A heavy and oversize set that will require additional shipping charges for priority and international mail orders - please inquire. New Edition. Marbled Calf. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for A. Strahan and T. Caddell, Jun. And W. Davies, in the Strand Hardcover books
1782Best.-Nr. 54807London: Printed for W. or A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1782. First edition in part. Hardcover. Very good. Six volumes large quarto 28.3 by 22 cm published between 1782 and 1788. Engraved frontispiece portrait 3 engraved maps 2 large folding; 1 full-page; general index and errata; printed marginalia. Full contemporary diced calf expertly rebacked to style; light rubbing/wear at extremities; covers ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled edges and endleaves; gilt turn-ins. Text lightly toned throughout with occasional smudges and light foxing largely confined to top margin; tear at leaf Aa2 vol. 1 extending into text expertly repaired; very occasional light pencil underlinings and annotations at margins else a very good amply-margined set with fine maps. Mixed set comprising three volumes of "A New Edition" vols. 1-3 and three volumes of the first edition vols. 4-6. First conceived by Edward Gibbon 1737-1794 amidst the ruins of Rome on 15 October 1764 the first edition of the work was issued serially the first volume appearing in 1776 the final three in 1788. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works. a comprehensive picture of the whole Mediterranean world from the death of Marcus Aurelius A.D. 180 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. To this task Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day; and the result was clothed in an inimitable prose. It was his good fortune as Lytton Strachey observed that 'the material with which he had to cope was still just not too voluminous to be digested by a single extremely competent mind. In the following century even a Gibbon would have collapsed under the accumulated mass of knowledge at his disposal'" PMM. The Decline and Fall was a notable publishing success; the print run of the first volume was expanded by William Strahan from 500 to 1000 copies and sold out in less than two weeks. Among the more progressive-minded savants in the literary and academic world it was well received: "From the chorus of praise the admiration of Adam Ferguson Joseph Warton and Horace Walpole must have been deeply gratifying. It was however David Hume's letter of congratulation which according to Gibbon 'overpaid the labour of ten years.'" ODNB. But Hume's praise was laced with warning. He believed that despite Gibbon's "very prudent temperament" in discussing the origins and early history of Christianity in the 15th and 16th chapters of the first volume "it was impossible to treat the subject so as not to give grounds of suspicion against you and you may expect that a clamour will arise" quoted in ODNB. These chapters did indeed arouse heated condemnation from Christians of all denominations and Gibbon made extensive revisions to them in the three subsequent editions of the first volume and in the New Edition which appears in the present set. The engraved frontispiece after Sir Joshua Reynold's acclaimed portrait originally appeared in the first edition of the second volume. All three maps are dated 1781. References: Carter and Muir Printing and the Mind of Man 222; ESTC T78359 vol. 1 - N36543 vols. 2-3 - T78365 vols. 4-6; J. Norton A Bibliography of the Works of Edward Gibbon pp. 26 27 29; D. Womersley "Edward Gibbon" in: ODNB. Vol. 1 1782 - A New Edition: vii title and preface 13: advertisement and contents 704 pp; engraved frontispiece portrait. With original preface Bentinck-Street Feb 1 1776; postscript March 1 1781; new preface March 1 1782. Vol. 2 1787 - A New Edition: 10: title and contents 640 pp; full-page map " A Map of the Parts of Europe and Asia Adjacent to Constantinople" full-page; "A Map of the Eastern Part of the Roman Empire" large folding Vol. 3 1787 - A New Edition: 10: title and contents 640 pp; "A Map of the Western Part of the Roman Empire large folding. Vol. 4 1788: 2: title viii preface 8: contents 620 pp. Vol. 5 1788: 10: title and contents 684 pp. Vol. 6 1788: 12: title and contents 646 52: general index and errata pp. Printed for W. (or A.) Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1797Best.-Nr. 76088London:: A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1797. The fifth octavo edition. old full calf; gilt paneled and decorated spines; red and green gilt-lettered spine labels; and the gilt initials of the distinguished original owner at the base of the spines. This set was partially exposed to water at the rear of the bookcase in which they were housed since publication. Eleven of the volumes exhibit faint dampstaining predominately at the fore-edge. One of the 24 gilt-lettered spine labels is absent and beneath that is a coin-sized chip to the spine. There is a small chip and the beginning of a split to the front joint of Vol. V. Vol. IV sustained more damage: the paper swelled and split three quarters of the rear joint. The paper has returned to its original shape but a gap of 1-8 to 1-4" remains at the rear joint. Even this volume remains tight and sound. . 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait; three folding maps. Norton 39. A. Strahan; T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, unknown
1777Best.-Nr. 1008Y16London: Printed for A. Strahan 1777-1788. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 9". Not Stated . A pleasing quarto set of Edward Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' including three first editions. Edward Gibbon's sweeping history on the rise rule and fall of the Roman Empire covering from the year 98 to 1590. Its enduring popularity has resulted in his Enlightenment-era perspective still being the dominant narrative about the Roman Empire to the present day.Comprising the first editions of Volume IV V and VI the third edition of Volume I the second edition of Volume II and an unknown edition of Volume III due to lack of title page. Complete in six volumes.Uniformly bound in a later half crushed morocco with marbled paper covered boards and morocco spine labels. Renewed endpapers. Complete with the three folding maps two to Volume II and and one to Volume III. Frontispiece portrait of Gibbon to Volume II. Half titles bound to all except for Volume I and Volume III. Lacking original blanks to Volume I and II.The six volumes cover from 98 to 1590 the peak of the Roman Empire the history of early Christianity and its emergence as the Roman state religion the fall of the Western Roman Empire the rise of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane and the fall of Byzantium as well as discussions on the ruins of Ancient Rome.Volume I 1777 Volume II 1781 - With final errata leaf. Volume III - Lacking title page thus undated and lacking original blanks. With errata leaf for Vol III and table of contents for Vol I. Volume IV 1788 Volume V 1788 Volume VI 1788 - With index. Errata for Vol IV-VI printed to verso of final Index leaf. Uniformly bound in a later half crushed morocco with marbled paper covered boards and morocco spine labels. With the odd ink mark to the boards. Fading to the spine labels. Pages are generally bright and clean with light occasional spotting to majority of volumes. More consistent scattered spotting throughout Volume III with a couple tide marks to the first few contents pages. Tape marks to Volume I title page. Very Good Printed for A. Strahan hardcover
1782Best.-Nr. 597L2London: W Strahan; T Cadell 1782-1788. First edition. Leather. Good. 11" by 9". None. Very early and part first editions of Edward Gibbon's seminal work on the Roman Empire. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three engraved maps. Volume I is dated 1782 Volume II is dated 1781 Volume III is dated 1781 Volume IV V and VI are dated 1788 Volume I is a 'New Edition' volumes II and III are the 'Second Edition' with volumes IV-VI being first editions. With the bookplate of Thomas Baring as well as the bookplate for Netley Castle to all volumes at the pastedowns. These books were likely to have been owned by Sir Thomas Baring 2nd Baronet. Baring was a British banker and Member of Parliament. He was an MP of High Wycombe and Hampshire until 1831. He also resided in Hampshire until his death. Netley Castle is a former artillery fort in the Hampshire village of Netley. Volumes II IV and V are rebacked with the original spine relaid and boards preserved. Two maps to volume II one folding. Errata to the rear of volume II and III. Errata to the rear of volume VI for volumes IV V and VI. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire traces the trajectory of Western civilisation from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium and therefore spans a nearly 1500 year period from 98 to 1590 of the Roman Empire. Therefore Gibbon discusses the history of early Christianity the Roman State Church as well as the history of Europe. The popularity of this work rests on Gibbon's objectivity and heavy use of primary sources. In the eighteenth century the use of primary sources for historical was very rare which was why his work was extremely popular. His methodology also became a model for later historians. Edward Gibbon wrote many historical works but is best known for this title. This is due to its quality the use of primary sources as well as the open criticism of organised religions. The work earned him a reputation as the first modern historian of Ancient Rome. A nice set of scarce early editions of these works. Collated complete. In full calf bindings. Externally rubbed in places. Volumes II IV and V are rebacked with the original spine laid down and original boards preserved. Rubbing to the spine boards and joints. Spotting to the boards of volume II. Several score marks and patched of rubbing to the boards. Small damp stained patch to the front board of volume I. Split to the tail of rear joint to volume I resulting in the joint starting but firm. Both hinges to volume I are starting but firm. Rear hinge to volume III is tender and may fail with further handling. Small crack to the tail of front joint to volume III. Front hinge to volume IV has been reinforced. Both hinges to volume V have been reinforced. Front joint to volume VI is starting but firm with the hinge tender after the front endpaper. Rear board is detached but present to volume VI. Tail of backstrip to volume I is lifting at the front hinge due to a tear. Backstrip to volume VI is lifting at the rear Loss to the head and tail of spine to volume I. Loss to the tail of spine to volume III as well as to the volume number. Loss to the head and tail of spine to volume VI. Minor bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean volume I. Scattered spotting to volume II. Offsetting to the B leaf of volume II from the plate 'A Map of the parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople'. Occasional scattered spots to the pages heavier to the first and last few pages. Good W Strahan; T Cadell hardcover
1781Best.-Nr. 7317Professionally rebound in half calf over marbled boards with debossed rule to boards; 6 raised bands gilt particulars debossed decoration and burgundy morocco label to spines. Volumes 1-3 are from 1781 and volumes 4-6 are from 1788. Vol 1 Fourth edition; Vol. 2 Second edition; Vol. 3 Second edition; Vol. 4-6 edition not stated. No previous owners' names or other markings. Each: 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches. Pagination: Vol. 1; 3 end leaves modern earlier re-binding original; engraved portrait frontis by Hall after Reynolds full title page preface dated Feb 1 1776 with postscript dated March 1 1781 advertisement 5 leaves; engraved folding map "Eastern part of the Roman Empire" by Tho. Kitchin Senr dated Jan 1 1781; 1-704; 3 end leaves as above; no errata Vol 2; 3 end leaves modern earlier re-binding original; half title full title contents 6 leaves; engraved folding map "Western Part of the Roman Empire" small tear at left fold line by Tho. Kitchin Senr dated Jan 1 1781; single-fold map "Parts of Europe of Asia adjacent to Constantinople" dated and engraved same annotated to place front p. 22; 1-640; errata; 3 end leaves as above; cancelled G1 and Ll1 Vol 3; 3 end leaves modern earlier re-binding original; half title full title contents 6 leaves; 1-640; errata; 3 end leaves as above; no map Vol 4; 3 end leaves modern earlier re-binding original; half title full title author's preface dated May 1 1788 and post script 6 leaves and contents 4 leaves; 1-620; 3 end leaves as above Vol 5; 3 end leaves modern earlier re-binding original; half title full title contents 6 leaves; 1-684; 3 end leaves as above Vol 6; 3 end leaves modern earlier re-binding original; full title contents 6 leaves; 1-646; General Index 26 leaves the back of the 26th 4Uv being errata to volumes 4-6. Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, in the Strand hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 98478New York: Fred Defau & Company 1906. The Complete Works of Edward Gibbon one of numbered 73 sets this is number 7. Octavo 15 volumes bound in full dark blue levant morocco inlaid red tulips at the corners of boards and center of each spine raised bands gilt titles to the spine brown morocco doublures and watered silk flyleaves binding by MacDonald plates in three states: photogravure colored on India paper and printed on velin. In fine condition. An exceptional set most rare and desirable. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day; and the result was clothed in inimitable prose" PMM 222. "For 22 years Gibbon was a prodigy of steady and arduous application. His investigations extended over almost the whole range of intellectual activity for nearly 1500 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 146-7. Fred Defau & Company hardcover books
1906Best.-Nr. 68481A Beautiful Set Limited to 73 Copies GIBBON Edward. The Works of Edward Gibbon. New York: Fred DeFau & Company 1906-1907. The Sheffield Edition one of 73 numbered sets this being number 4. Fifteen octavo volumes 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 217 x 146 mm. Illustrated with the plates some of which are colored in three states. Comprising: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Autobiographies.Printed Verbatim from Hitherto Unpublished Mss. Miscellaneous Works and Private Letters. Beautifully bound by Macdonald in contemporary full dark blue levant morocco. Covers ruled in gilt with gilt red morocco floral onlay corner-pieces. Spines tooled and lettered in gilt with gilt red morocco floral onlays. Brown levant morocco doublures paneled in gilt. Cream watered silk liners. Top edge gilt others uncut. A superb set. Gibbonís Decline and Fall brought to the subject a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equaled to this day. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works which like the writings of Macaulay and Mommsen maintain their hold upon the layman and continue to stimulate the scholar although they have been superseded in many if not most details by subsequent advance of research and changes in the climate of opinion. Whereas other eighteenth-century writers in this field such as Voltaire are still quoted with respect the Decline and Fall is the only historical narrative prior to Macaulay which continues to be reprinted and actually read" Printing and the Mind of Man. Although superseded in many respects by two centuries of continuous research this great work is still read both for pleasure and for profit and has achieved an eminence denied most historical compilations of its kind. HBS 68481. $7500 Fred DeFau & Company unknown books
1776Best.-Nr. 550 - 749 - 745Publisher and Year: London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1776 Vol. 1 1781 Vols. 2-3 1788 Vols. 4-6 Edition: First editions of all volumes except for the first volume which is a second edition June 1776 released within months of the first February 1776. The first volume went through three editions before the second volume was released. Norton 1940 Condition and Description: Large quarto bound in late-19th or early 20th-century calf gilt and blind rolls to the boards six spine compartments stamped with gilt floral ornaments dark red morocco spine labels edges dyed yellow marbled endpapers. All volumes retain the half-title leaves Vol. 1 contains the frontispiece engraving and all three maps are present two in Vol. 2 and one in Vol. 3 as called for. Secure hinges and binding. Rubbing scuffs handling marks and some areas of discoloration to the boards and labels. Upper-left corner of the rear board of Vol. 1 has a patch of loss to the upper layer of the leather. Some tips bumped and exposed. Frontispiece portrait of Vol. 1 with moderate foxing to the verso; that portrait has also offset onto the title leaf as usual. Contents largely clean across volumes with occasional instances of minor or moderate foxing. Unobtrusive bookseller ticket of Henry Sotheran to the verso of each front free endpaper near the gutter. Old bookseller note in pencil to the verso of the rear free endpaper of Vol. 1 recording the edition status of the volumes and the price at the time of £65 given the price this would have been written many decades ago. A similar note in pencil appears at the end of Vol. 2. The bookbinder also records a few small notes in pencil a common practice to ensure correct binding sequences. Though easily erasable we believe the pencil notes are worth keeping as part of the set's history. Overall a handsome set with excellent shelf presence. - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is widely regarded as a landmark in the development of modern historical writing because it combined a large-scale narrative with systematic evaluation of historical evidence. The work draws extensively on ancient primary sources and documents them in detailed footnotes comparing accounts and judging their reliability rather than simply repeating earlier historians. Gibbon explained the transformation and collapse of the Roman world through multiple interacting causes including political instability military pressures institutional change and the growing role of Christianity an argument that provoked intense debate and controversy. The narrative traces the Roman Empire from the height of its power through the history of Byzantium to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 helping to frame the Roman and medieval worlds as part of a continuous historical process. Because of its critical use of primary sources analytical explanations and sweeping chronological scope the book became one of the most influential historical works of the eighteenth century and a model for later historians. Inventory ID: 550 - 749 - 745 W. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 98478New York: Fred Defau & Company 1906. The Complete Works of Edward Gibbon one of numbered 73 sets this is number 7. Octavo 15 volumes bound in full dark blue levant morocco inlaid red tulips at the corners of boards and center of each spine raised bands gilt titles to the spine brown morocco doublures and watered silk flyleaves binding by MacDonald plates in three states: photogravure colored on India paper and printed on velin. In fine condition. An exceptional set most rare and desirable. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day; and the result was clothed in inimitable prose" PMM 222. "For 22 years Gibbon was a prodigy of steady and arduous application. His investigations extended over almost the whole range of intellectual activity for nearly 1500 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 146-7. Fred Defau & Company hardcover
1788Best.-Nr. 160730004London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1788. First Edition. Very Good. Complete in six volumes. All First Editions except volume 1 which is a Second Edition. Large quarto. Full contemporary mid-brown calf with early 20th century rebacks vol. 1 fully renewed at the same time and replaced endpapers raised bands red lettering piece and black numbering piece. Tips worn and exposed boards edge-worn. Sporadic light foxing throughout. A handful of small closed tears and marginal stains. Vol. 1 has some offsetting from engraved frontispiece portrait to title page as well as heavy foxing to both; first page of preface torn and missing about half; small wax stain on pages 471-4. Vol. 2: both maps present with small marginal tears but no loss. Vol. 3: binder mistakenly placed duplicate of map "The western Part of the Roman Empire" in previous volume rather than "The eastern Part." map. An attractive set of Gibbons' magnificent history. W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
