5 Vols Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: For the Use of Families and Young Persons, Reprinted from the Original Text, with the Careful Omission of all Passages of an Irreligious or Immoral Tendency

Thomas Bowdler

Edité par Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, 1826

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A complete five-volume family edition of Gibbon"s detailed history of the Roman Empire, carefully expurgated for moral and religious propriety, in a handsome full calf Bickers and Son binding. In a handsome full calf binding by Bickers & Son, London.Complete in five volumes.An expurgated family edition of Gibbon"s monumental history of the Roman Empire, reprinted from the original text but with passages deemed irreligious or immoral omitted.The work traces the Roman Empire from the height of the Antonines through its gradual decline and the fall of Constantinople.Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) first published The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire between 1776 and 1789, a landmark of Enlightenment historiography. In a handsome full calf binding by Bickers & Son. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in very minor loss to calf. Slight creasing to joints. The odd slight handling mark and spot of discolouration to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges cracked in places, but firm. Pages bright and clean with light scattered spotting, heavier to first and last few leaves. Near Fine.

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• Titre: 5 Vols Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: For the Use of Families and Young Persons, Reprinted from the Original Text, with the Careful Omission of all Passages of an Irreligious or Immoral Tendency
• Éditeur: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London
• Date de parution: 1826
• Reliure: Leather
• Illustrateur: None
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Type de livre: book