The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Author:
GIBBON, EDWARD & MILMAN, Rev. H. H. (Notes)
Title:
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers 1843-1844
Description:
4 VOLUME SET, super octavo, half bound marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plates to spines, frontispiece to vol 1, folding maps to vols 1, 2 & 3, viii-xxvii + 464-529pp, VG- (spine missing but partially present to vol 1, heavy chipping & cracking to spines- with some heavy loss to vol 2, age appropriate scuffing & chafing to boards & board edges with some surface loss, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to hinges & gutters with slightly shaky boards, owner's name lightly in pencil to full title page of vol 1, moderate but sporadic tanning & foxing to pages throughout all vols, light creasing to folding maps but otherwise in very good condition)
Keywords:
ancient history politics military antiquity Rome Italy Europe Edward Gibbon classical