THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE BY EDWARD GIBBON 1839 FINE BINDING
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[GIBBON, EDWARD]. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: William Ball, MDCCCXXXIX. [1839].
New edition. Leather-bound; hardcover; thick octavo (26cm x 17cm x 7cm); pp. xiii, [17], 1303. English text in double columns, with an introductory memoir of the author by William Youngman. Handsomely bound in contemporary half morocco gilt with cloth sides; all page edges gilt; portrait frontispiece; printed footnotes; general index to rear. Printed by John Childs and Son. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure with the joints and hinges intact. Covers very well-preserved with some light rubbing to extremities. Contents largely fresh and clean with just a trace of foxing to frontis and title. Previous owner name neatly inked to title-page. A wonderful copy.