Edward Gibbon. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Six volumes.. Luke White, Dublin, 1789.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: Six octavo volumes. Frontispiece portrait and large folding map of the Eastern Roman Empire in Vol. I. Folding map of the Western Empire in Vol.II. Folding map of Constantinople in Vol. III. Bound in full tree-calf. Volumes II and VI are split in two. Volume V is nearly split. The front cover of Volume I is detached.All spines are dry. Early writing in pen to some blanks. Ownership signature of Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842) Judge, Congressman, and Governor of New Hampshire.

Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.