Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the R...

Hammer

£190

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 volumes, volume 1 third edition, volumes 2-6 first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding engraved maps, volumes 2-6 with half-titles,spotted and damp stained throughout, nineteenth century tree calf, worn and defective, bookplate of the Earl of Granard, 4to, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777-1788
Provenance: The Library of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Granard: extracted from Castle Forbes, County Longford, Sotheby's, London, 21 July 1993.