Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire / with memoirs of his life and writings, composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John, Lord Sheffield.

Accession number

PML 75235-36

Creator

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.

Published

London : Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796.

Credit line

Gift of Mr. Henry S. Morgan.

Notes

Frontispiece silhouette portrait of the author in volume 1.
Includes index (pages 719-726) at the end of volume 2.

Description

2 volumes (xxv, 703; viii, 726 pages) : illustration ; 28 cm (4to)

Inscriptions/Markings

Inscription in unknown hand in pencil on second front flyleaf of volume 2: Lent by Mr. Henry S. Morgan, Sept. 1941.

Provenance

Bookplate of Wilmot Viscount Lisburne; Henry S. Morgan

Binding

Red morocco blindstamped, marbled endpapers, gilded edges.

Classification

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