![]() ![]() His investigations extended over almost the whole range of intellectual activity for nearly 1500 years. "For 22 years Gibbon was a prodigy of steady and arduous application. "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). In excellent condition with some light wear, contemporary bookplate to volume one. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full vellum, morocco spine labels, gilt embossed tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, illustrated throughout, folded maps, gilt titles to the spine, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, red and green lettering labels within raised bands. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.įinely bound illustrated edition of Gibbon’s masterpiece. ![]()
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