Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 76

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
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 in the last 3 volumes. 6 volumes. 4to, 279x221 mm, contemporary tree calf gilt, varying wear to spine ends, covers detached or starting; varying toning, browning, or foxing, scattered marginal dampstains. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1782-88

Additional Details

"New Edition" of Volume 1, second edition of Volumes 2 and 3, and first edition of the rest. Rothschild 942; Printing and the Mind of Man 222.