A vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of the History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. / by the author.

Accession number

PML 130042.1

Creator

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.

Published

London : Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell ..., 1779.

Credit line

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes

1st ed., 1st issue, with "the third edition" in penultimate line of advertisement.
Signatures: pi², B-X⁴ [M3 a cancel].
Publisher's advertisement (final leaf).

Description

[4], 158, [2] p. ; 22 cm

Provenance

Velters Cornewall, 4th baronet (bookplate); Gordon N. Ray.

Binding

Tan half calf, gold-tooled; bound with Report of the general officers, 1758.

Classification

Book

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Department

Printed Books