Author: Edward Gibbon, with notes by H.H. Milman
Title: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vols. I-VI
Description: London, John Murray, 1846. Second Edition. Complete six volume set. Bound in full polished brown calf, spines elaborately decorated in gilt with black leather author/title labels. Fine prize binding from the East India College with their crest in gilt on the front and back cover of each volume. Marbled endpapers. Bookplates of former owners in each volume else the interior is clean, tight, and unmarked. Mild rubbing and small scuffs to covers but overall an excellent set of fine prize bindings in very good condition. The second edition of Gibbon's masterpiece with the commentary by Milman. These volumes measure 5 x 8 1/2 inches as opposed to the smaller American editions one normally encounters. .
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Title: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vols. I-VI
Description: London, John Murray, 1846. Second Edition. Complete six volume set. Bound in full polished brown calf, spines elaborately decorated in gilt with black leather author/title labels. Fine prize binding from the East India College with their crest in gilt on the front and back cover of each volume. Marbled endpapers. Bookplates of former owners in each volume else the interior is clean, tight, and unmarked. Mild rubbing and small scuffs to covers but overall an excellent set of fine prize bindings in very good condition. The second edition of Gibbon's masterpiece with the commentary by Milman. These volumes measure 5 x 8 1/2 inches as opposed to the smaller American editions one normally encounters. .
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Price: US$ 1250.00 Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd.
- Book number: 1244073
- Book number: 1244073
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