Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire / with memoirs of his life and writings /
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| Language: | English French Latin |
| Language Notes: | English or French; some Latin in footnotes. |
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London :
Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies (Successors to Mr. Cadell,) in the Strand,
MDCCXCVI [1796]-1815.
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| Item Description: | The 1796 edition was printed in 2 volumes ; volume 3 has imprint: London: printed for John Murray, 1815, with materials reprinted to be uniform with the first two volumes. Signatures: *¹ A⁴ a-b⁴ c¹ B-4U⁴ ; A-4Z⁴ *¹ ; *⁴ b² B-4S⁴ 4T² *¹ Pagination: Volume 1. xxv, [1], 703, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates (portrait) -- Volume 2. viii, 726, [2] pages -- Volume 3. x, 691, [3] pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded). Errata included. The portrait in volume 1 is a silhouette; the portrait in volume 3 is an etching, signed "Engraved by James Fittler A.R.A." Gibbon's epitaph is printed on an additional leaf. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, folded genealogical table ; 29 cm (4to) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |