History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon

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First edition

London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776-1788.First edition. Six volumes, quarto 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 270 x 220 mm. Engraved portrait of Gibbon by Hall after Reynolds, not usually found bound in volume II . With three engraved folding maps bound in volume II one of them normally found in volume III . With all the half titles and the errata leaves

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