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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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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

réf. 123611London Printed for T. Cadell Strand et al. 1838. . 8 vols; 8vo 22 x 14.5 cm; engraved frontispiece to vol. I 3 folding maps bookplate to front pastedown of each vol. offsetting to title-page of vol. I slightly toned with moderate spotting particularly affecting plate and maps maps with closed split along folds; contemporary armorial tan calf gilt arms to upper covers of each vol. gilt spines contrasting green and brown morocco lettering-pieces a little rubbed and abraded very good. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues to rank as a 'masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style and has remained one of the ageless historical works which. maintain their hold upon the layman and continue to stimulate the scholar' PMM. Controversial since its first appearance Gibbon argued that Rome's fall was the 'natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and as soon as time or accident had removed the artificial supports the stupendous fabric yielded to the pressure of its own weight' chapter xxxviii. As a result this hollow empire succumbed easily to the twin forces of barbarianism and Christianity which had been gaining momentum over the course of the fourth century AD. Although attacked for his perceived irreligion Gibbon's work received many positive reviews and has since become a cornerstone text in the study of Western history. Writing to Gibbon in December 1788 his friend Adam Smith noted that 'by the universal assent of every man of taste and learning. Decline and Fall sets you at the very head of the whole literary tribe at present existing in Europe' ODNB. From the library of Percy Lousada 1823-1859 with his bookplate and arms in gilt to the upper cover of each volume. cf.PMM 222. London, Printed for T. Cadell, Strand et al., 1838. unknown

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire . A New Edition.

1807réf. 21227271807. London: Printed for Cadell & Davies et al. 1807. Twelve vols 8vo. Contemporary full mottled calf gilt borders to sides spines with gilt rules and two black gilt morocco lettering pieces marbled endpapers all edges marbled; a little rubbing to spines front hinges tender generally very clean very good.New edition from the library of one of the early twentieth century's finest historians. The most celebrated historical work in English literature. ""Gibbon's great erudition breadth of treatment and powerful organization render this a lasting monument of substantial accuracy as well as elegance . most of Gibbon's scholarship remains unchallenged"" Oxford Companion to English Lit. ""This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works"" PMM 222. In 1788 Gibbon's friend Adam Smith wrote that ""by the universal assent of every man of taste and learning. Decline and Fall sets you at the very head of the whole literary tribe at present existing in Europe"" ODNB. Because of its role in explaining the role Christianity played in ""weakening"" the Roman Empire Gibbon's magnum opus landed on the Papal Index and remained there until the Index librorum prohibitorum was abolished in 1966.Provenance: Each volume signed to fly-leaf ""G.M. Trevelyan/ Hallington/ 1929."" Trevelyan 1876-1962 was one of the most distinguished historians of his time. A Fellow and later Master of Trinity College Cambridge and in retirement Chancellor of Durham University he had a long and distinguished career as a Whig historian very much in Gibbon's tradition - opinionated partisan and convinced of the world's progress towards enlightenment. Hallington Hall in Northumberland was one of the Trevelyans' homes along with the confusingly similarly named Wallington Hall seven miles down the road. In 1929 when he acquired this set he was working on his most significant work England Under Queen Anne which was published the following year. unknown

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