The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
London, Folio Society, 1983 to 1990 (first thus).
Octavo, eight volumes, approximately 350 pages plus plates and endpaper maps in each volume.
Gilt-decorated cloth; spines and top edges very slightly sunned; two volumes a trifle bumped; an excellent set in the individual slipcases (slightly sunned, with one slightly bumped).
Edited and with an introduction by Betty Radice. Offered with another two Folio Society volumes by Gibbon: Memoirs of My Life (1991; octavo; gilt-decorated cloth; a fine copy in the lightly sunned slipcase); and Edward Gibbon's Atlas of the World (1991; quarto; gilt-decorated cloth; a fine copy in the fine slipcase, with the publisher's prospectus loosely inserted). [10 volumes].
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