Gibbon (Edward) - The History of the Decline and Fall
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6 vol., first edition , [one of 500 copies], Rothschild's first state with all cancels present and errata uncorrected, issue with vol.II p.177 correctly numbered but with mispelling "Honorious" on p.179, vol.II-VI with half-title (vol.I lacking half-title; vol.V with half-title misbound after title), errata present in vol.I-III as called for with errata for vol.IV-VI present at end of vol.VI, engraved portrait frontispiece by Hall after Reynolds in vol.II., 3 engraved maps including 2 folding, vol.I errata corrections made in neat ink throughout, some pencil marginalia and highlighting, mild age-toning to margins of some early & later ff., foxing affecting a couple of ff., but overall internally a fine copy, uniformly bound in contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, some bumping and rubbing to corners with minor splitting near spine ends, vol.III hinges splitting superficially, but a handsome set, [Rothschild 948; PMM 222], 4to, for W.Strahan & T.Cadell , 1776-88. " This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works " PMM.
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