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réf. 55140London: Printed for W. Allason; B. Whitrow and Co.; C. Chapple; W. Barton; J. Evans and Son; J. Greenhill; J. Harwood; R. Hill; G. Hebert; W. Harris; T. Mason; R. Scholey; J. Maynard; T. Bohn; and 11 others 1819. 12 vols. 'A New Edition' 8vo. First vol. with portrait frontispiece vols. I and II each with a folding map. A little toned offsetting from the plates very occasional light foxing but generally clean. Contemporary tan diced calf neatly rebacked spines attractively gilt with titles vol. numbers and dates gilt borders marbled edges drab endpapers. Lightly rubbed a little staining to boards corners frayed but a very good good-looking set. Armorial bookplate of William Jeffrey Lockett to front pastedown of each volume. The shield depicts the arms of Lockett and Johnson implying this is William Jeffrey Lockett 1768-1839 whose mother Hannah was a Johnson. Lockett was a Derbyshire solicitor and Deputy Clerk of the Peace who was instrumental in organising the trial of the Luddite Pentrich Rebels in 1817. Gibbon's 1737-1794 masterpiece originally published 1776-1788. Volume I contains a 'Life of Edward Gibbon Esq.' on pp.3-16 volume XII contains a general index on pp.429-508. Each volume has its own contents page. Printer statement to title-page verso: Plummer and Brewis Printers Love-Lane Little Eastcheap. London: Printed for W. Allason; B. Whitrow and Co.; C. Chapple; W. Barton; J. Evans and Son; J. Greenhill; J. Harwood; R. Hill; hardcover
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2026réf. LRB534393Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 548 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1897. Classic historical work on the rise transformation and eventual decline of the Roman Empire valued for its broad narrative scope analytical ambition and enduring place in historical writing. This edition is especially useful for readers and collectors interested in a scholarly presentation of one of the most influential works of imperial history. Classic historical study of the Roman Empire offering a sweeping interpretation of its development and decline. Of interest to readers of history classic scholarship and major historical syntheses. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB535351Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 640 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1854. An important historical work on the rise expansion and eventual decline of the Roman Empire notable for its sweeping narrative critical method and enduring influence on historical writing. This edition also reflects the editorial contribution of Henry Hart Milman whose name appears alongside Edward Gibbon's in the present volume. A substantial text for readers interested in classical antiquity imperial history and the tradition of major historical synthesis. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2009réf. UGIBHIS00ajsFolio Society 2009. Fine. Gibbon Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: 8 volume set. London: Folio Society 2009. 322 322 370 394 394 377 444 366pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Cream hardcovers in red slipcases. Book condition: Near fine. Second slipcase in original shrinkwrap. This set consists of 2 slipcases with 4 volumes per case. Volumes have black and white illustrations as well as color plates. The first case contains The Turn of The Tide Constantine and The Christian Empire The Revival and Collapse of Paganism The End of the Western Empire. The Second case contains Justinian and The Roman Law Mohammed and The Rise of The Arabs The Normans in Italy and The Crusades The Fall of Constantinople and The Papacy in Rome. Folio Society hardcover
1823réf. 71767J. Maynard; T. Bohn; et al. Fair No dust jacket as issued. New edition. Hardcover. 12 hardbacks rebound in full red leather with gilt titles on black labels some minor loss dents and scratches to leather no inscriptions. Vol I: new endpapers pages age tanned and some foxing xxxii 456 pages foldout map has short closed tear where attached. Vol II: new endpapers pages age tanned and some foxing xii 486 pages foldout map has short closed tear where attached. Vol III: new endpapers pages age tanned and some foxing viii 410 pages. Vol IV: Vol II: new front endpaper rear endpaper missing pages age tanned at edges stain to page fore edges viii 438 pages. Vol V: new endpapers binding pulled at contents page pages age tanned viii 428 pages. Vol VI: new endpapers pages age tanned viii 412 pages. Vol VII: new endpapers pages age tanned viii viii 424 pages. Vol VIII: title label missing from spine new endpapers pages age tanned viii 376 pages. Vol IX: new endpapers pages age tanned x 504 pages. Vol X: new endpapers pages age tanned & foxed x 382 pages. Vol XI: new endpapers binding pulled at front endpaper pages age tanned x 450 pages. Vol XII: new endpapers binding pulled at contents page pages age tanned xii 508 pages index. Heavy set so additional postage may be requested . 1823. J. Maynard; T. Bohn; et al hardcover
1782réf. 144652London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand 1782-1788. Rare first edition set of Gibbon's masterpiece with only volume I being a second edition. Quarto 6 volumes bound in full diced calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine gilt scrolling and flueron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges speckled black engraved frontispiece portrait of Gibbon by John Hall after Sir Joshua Reynolds & map of the "Eastern Part of the Roman Empire" in Vol. II.; map of the "Western Part of the Roman Empire" in Vol. III. Volume I is a second edition volumes II-VI are first editions. In good condition Vols. I and II rebacked. Armorial bookplate of C. Codrington to each pastedown vol. III with a small strip of marbled paper tipped to front free endpaper repair to Map of the Western Empire. A nice set. "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. Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand hardcover
1885réf. 25EG6R1885v6GIBBON Edward 1737–1794. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. New York: Bigelow Brown and Company 1885. Newly Edited edition incorporating the notes and commentary of William Smith Dean Milman François Guizot and Dr. Wenck. Complete in six volumes. Octavo 8vo. Bound in contemporary three-quarter burgundy morocco over tan cloth boards with raised bands gilt lettering and decorative gilt compartments to the spines marbled endpapers top edges gilt and deckled fore and lower edges. Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispieces. First published between 1776 and 1789 Gibbon's monumental history remains one of the most influential works of historical scholarship ever produced. This late nineteenth-century scholarly edition edited by William Smith and enriched with the annotations of Milman Guizot and Wenck helped shape the work's modern reception and remained a standard reference edition for generations. Contents clean and bright with light foxing to front endpapers and a few preliminary leaves. Numerous leaves remain unopened. Bindings sound and firm with moderate rubbing and wear to leather extremities including minor losses and scuffing at spine ends and corners. An Good Victorian set. Attributes: Hardcover. Bigelow, Brown and Co. hardcover
1776réf. 191127London: for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1776-88. The apogee of Enlightenment history First edition of Gibbon's magnum opus one of the great products of the Enlightenment and among the most influential of all histories. This set is one of only 500 possible examples with the first volume in the first state. For the editors of Printing and the Mind of Man "this masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works" PMM. The initial print run for volume I was 500 copies but popular anticipation led the publishers to double the run during production. 500 copies of the first 28 sheets had already been printed complete with corrected cancel leaves at X4 and a4. When the extra 500 copies of these sheets were printed these corrections were included in the text eliminating the need for the original cancels. This set includes the original printings of the first 28 sheets with cancel leaves at X4 and a4. The first volume was published with great fanfare in February 1776; the second and third were published in March 1781 and the final three in May 1788. 6 vols quarto 269 x 212 mm. Engraved portrait frontispiece dated 1780 to vol. I 2 folding engraved maps in vol. II folding map in vol. III. All vols bound with half-titles errata leaves in vols. I II III and VI as called for vol. VI bound without final blank. Early 19th-century panelled calf rebacked with spines laid down spines decorated and ruled in gilt and with red and brown morocco labels covers with single-fillet panel in gilt. With mid-20th-century bookplate of the physician William Binns Cowper of the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II to all vols. Light bumping and rubbing faint toning and spotting to contents short closed tears to inner margins of first map of vol. II and map of vol. III repaired marginal tears to 4H2 of vol. II and H3 of vol. III errata leaf of vol. III misbound after preliminaries: overall a very good set. ESTC T78356 T78360 T78362; T78365. Grolier English 58; Norton 20 23 29; Printing and the Mind of Man 222; Rothschild 942. unknown
1856réf. 2354153Boston: Phillips Sampson and Company 1856. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards lightly rubbed and soiled with some loss from corners edges and endpapers lightly foxed and smudged ink name address and date on front flyleaf of each volume pages a bit toned. Bindings tight and square. 1856 Hard Cover. An excellent edition of Edward Gibbon's magnum opus. Six hardcover volumes. 7 3/4" x 5 1/4". Original brown cloth hardcover bindings with gold spine lettering & design embossed design on front & back covers. Gibbon's complete work with notes by Rev. Milman plus a general index. "The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776 and went through six printings a remarkable feat for its time. Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV V VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos a common publishing practice of the time. The books cover the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius from just before 180 to 1453 and beyond concluding in 1590. They take as their material the behaviour and decisions that led to the decay and eventual fall of the Roman Empire in the East and West offering an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell. Gibbon is sometimes called the first 'modern historian of ancient Rome.' By virtue of its mostly objective approach and highly accurate use of reference material Gibbon's work was adopted as a model for the methodologies of 19th and 20th century historians. His pessimism and detached use of irony was common to the historical genre of his era. Although he published other books Gibbon devoted much of his life 1772-1789 to this one work. His autobiography Memoirs of My Life and Writings is devoted largely to his reflections on how the book virtually became his life. He compared the publication of each succeeding volume to a newborn child. The book is famous not only because it is extraordinarily well written but also because Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell. This is one of the great historical questions and because of the relative lack of written records from the time one of the most difficult to undertake. Gibbon was not the first to theorise about this. In fact most of his ideas are directly taken from Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries who wrote about it at the time; nor would he be the last; see for example Henri Pirenne's Thesis of the early 20th century. According to Gibbon the Roman Empire succumbed to barbarian invasions because of a loss of civic virtue among its citizens. They had become lazy and soft outsourcing their duties to defend their Empire to barbarian mercenaries who then became so numerous and ingrained that they were able to take over the Empire. Romans he believed had become effeminate unwilling to live a tougher 'manly' military lifestyle. In addition Gibbon pointed to Christianity. Christianity he says created a belief that a better life existed after death. This fostered indifference to the present among Roman citizens thus sapping their desire to sacrifice for the Empire. He also believed its comparative pacifism tended to sap the traditional Roman martial spirit. Finally like other Enlightenment thinkers Gibbon held in contempt the Middle Ages as a priest-ridden superstitious dark age. It was not until his own age of reason and rational thought it was believed that human history could resume its progress. Gibbon provides the reader with a glimpse of his thought process with extensive notes along the body of the text a precursor to the modern use of footnotes. Gibbon's footnotes are famous for their idiosyncrasies. They provide an entertaining moral commentary on both ancient Rome and 18th-century Great Britain. This technique enabled Gibbon to compare ancient Rome to modern times. Gibbon's work advocates a rationalist and progressive view of history. Gibbon's citations provide in-depth detail regarding his use of sources for his work on ancient Rome documents dating back to ancient Rome. The detail within his asides and his care in noting the importance of each document is a precursor to modern-day h Phillips, Sampson, and Company hardcover
1999réf. 152374London: The Folio Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardback. Slip cover has a few little marks on it; 10th printing in a red slip case volume 1-4 with no markings; 1-4 . 1999. The Folio Society hardcover
1999réf. 152375London: The Folio Society. Good with no dust jacket. Tenth Printing. Hardback. Slip case isn't perfect but it still looks nice; 10th printing includes a red slip case. Volume 5-8 only no markings; 5-8 . 1999. The Folio Society hardcover
2026réf. LRB1018829Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 700 pages. Volume 5 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1777. Étude monumentale de l'histoire romaine tardive l'un des grands classiques de l'historiographie anglaise. L'ouvrage analyse le déclin de l'Empire romain d'Occident et d'Orient avec ampleur érudition et esprit critique en suivant les transformations politiques militaires religieuses et culturelles qui ont marqué cette longue décadence. A monumental study of late Roman history and one of the great classics of English historiography. The work examines the decline of the Western and Eastern Roman Empire with breadth learning and critical insight tracing the political military religious and cultural changes that shaped this long process of decline. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB1007809Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 738 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1777. A major historical work by Edward Gibbon one of the most influential narratives of Roman imperial decline admired for its learned style wide scope and lasting place in the history of scholarship. This edition is of particular interest to collectors and readers of eighteenth-century historical writing and to those seeking a durable modern issue of a classic text on the Roman Empire. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB543104Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 666 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1845. A classic historical study of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire edited with notes by H.H. Milman and issued with a complete index to the whole work. Gibbon's sweeping narrative remains one of the most influential works of historical writing valued for its breadth rhetorical power and enduring scholarly importance. This edition is especially useful for readers and collectors seeking a convenient indexed text of the complete work. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB6004186Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 614 pages. Volume 5 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1897. Classic historical work on the rise transformation and eventual decline of the Roman Empire valued for its broad narrative scope analytical ambition and enduring place in historical writing. This edition is especially useful for readers and collectors interested in a scholarly presentation of one of the most influential works of imperial history. Classic historical study of the Roman Empire offering a sweeping interpretation of its development and decline. Of interest to readers of history classic scholarship and major historical syntheses. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB10001633Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 570 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1896. Monumental history of the of the Roman Empire one of the great classics of European historiography. This edition reproduces Edward Gibbon's work in a modernized form intended for readers and scholars interested in late Roman history the political collapse of antiquity and the scholarly reception of a major eighteenth-century text. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB9008366Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 542 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1776-1788. Major historical study of late Roman history and the transition to the medieval world one of the great monuments of English historiography. The work offers a broad synthesis of the political military religious and moral causes of the decline of the Roman Empire with notable erudition and a classical style. Of major bibliographical interest for ancient history Enlightenment thought and the great editions of Gibbon. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB9001321Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 606 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1903. Edward Gibbon's classic survey of the Roman Empire's decline and collapse one of the foundational works of historical scholarship. This edition presents the text in an accessible modern format for readers and collectors interested in major historical writing classical civilization and the enduring influence of Gibbon's historical method. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB25004532Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 706 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1845 . Monumental study of the history of the Roman Empire in its phases of decline and collapse a major classic of English historiography. This edition combines Gibbon's text with a nineteenth-century editorial context and will appeal to readers of grand history ancient civilization and historical literature. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB25010397Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 624 pages. Volume 5 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1906. This work presents Edward Gibbon's celebrated historical study of the Roman Empire's decline a foundational text of Enlightenment historiography. It remains of enduring interest for its sweeping narrative critical method and influence on later historical writing. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB25004534Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 746 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1845. A classic historical work on the rise decline and fall of the Roman Empire valued for its broad scope literary style and lasting influence on historical writing. This volume is of interest to readers of classical history imperial administration religion and the transformation of the ancient world into the medieval. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB25004530Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 620 pages. Volume 4 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1897. A standard historical work on the rise decline and collapse of the Roman Empire valued for its sweeping narrative literary style and enduring place in historical scholarship. This volume is part of a later scholarly edition associated with J. B. Bury and includes bibliographical references and an index making it useful for research and study. B. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB25004516Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 654 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1789. This volume forms part of Edward Gibbon's celebrated historical survey of the Roman Empire covering the processes of decline internal change and imperial transformation that shaped late antiquity. Volume 3 continues the author's monumental narrative with his characteristic erudition critical method and elegant prose making it an important work for readers interested in classical history historiography and eighteenth-century scholarship. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB25010393Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 610 pages. Volume 5 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1776-1788. Classic historical study of the Roman Empire tracing its political military and cultural decline across the late imperial period and the fall of the West. Gibbon's work remains a landmark of Enlightenment historiography valued for its broad synthesis literary style and lasting influence on the study of antiquity. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
