Accession number
PML 75229-34
Creator
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.
Published
London : Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell ... , 1776-1788.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1977.
Notes
Collector's set of first editions of all six volumes.
Includes half-titles.
Last three volumes have imprint: "Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell ..."
Portrait of Gibbon by John Hall after Reynolds.
Two folding maps by Thomas Kitchin.
Includes half-titles.
Last three volumes have imprint: "Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell ..."
Portrait of Gibbon by John Hall after Reynolds.
Two folding maps by Thomas Kitchin.
Description
6 v. : ill. (port., maps) ; 28 cm (4to)
Provenance
Formerly owned by Wilmot Vaughan, Earl of Lisburne (armorial bookplate); Henry S. Morgan.
Binding
18th century red morocco, gold- and blind-tooled.
Classification
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Department