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GIBBON, EDWARD. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Engraved portrait of Gibbon after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Volume 1. 3 engraved maps. Half-titles lacking in first 3 volumes, present in the rest. Errata leaves as called for in first 2 volumes. 6 volumes. 4to, 282x218 mm, contemporary russia gilt with morocco lettering pieces, apparently by Christian Kalthoeber though without tickets, spines faded and rubbed, Volumes 1-3 covers detached or starting, Volumes 4-6 rebacked retaining original backstrips, Volume 6 rear cover detached. Contemporary inscriptions in Volume 1 recording payments to Kalthoeber; signatures of the architect John Yenn, R. A. (1750-1821); his bookplates and those of his son-in-law Martin Thackeray (1783-1864), and the politician Percy Alport Molteno (1861-1937). London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1782-88
