New edition. Octavo. Twelve volumes. Bound in contemporary half brown calf over marbled paper covered boards. Four raised bands to spine, lettered and decorated in gilt. Page edges red. A very good set, some rubbing to corners, cracks to hinges, some foxing to endpapers across the set. Some repairs and slight tears to maps across set.
Carter bookplate pasted to free endpaper, ownership inscription to title page. Some pencil inspirations throughout set. Letter and appointment card retained as a bookmark in the second volume.
The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
Author
Edward Gibbon
Publisher
London: Printed For W. Allason et al.
Date
1818