GIBBON, EDWARD The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1776-88. First editions throughout; first state of the first volume, one of approximately 500 copies thus. Six volumes, contemporary calf, rebacked to style. 11 x 8 3/4 inches (28 x 22 cm). Volume I: viii, [4], 586, [2], lxxxviii, [2] pp., including half-title and the terminal leaf of errata, the frontispiece portrait of the author (issued with the second volume of 1781) bound at the front, X4 and a4 are so signed, the text with the uncorrected readings throughout (the second issue is partially corrected, and these leaves are not signed). Volume II: [10] (of 12, lacking the half-title), [2], 640 pp., errata leaf bound after contents, with the two folding maps, the map of Constantinople in the folded state with the margins untrimmed; errata uncorrected throughout. Volume III: [12], [2], 640 pp., half-title present, errata leaf bound after contents, with the folding map, errata (including the Honorious reading) uncorrected. Volume IV: [4], viii, [8], 620 pp., half-title present. Volume V: [4], [8], 684 pp.; Volume VI: [4], [10], 646, 52 pp., errata on final page, lacking the terminal blank. Occasional light foxing and toning, the portrait foxed with a marginal stain. Some wear to boards, corners jambed, binding restorations including rebacking (executed by the J. Macdonald Co., with their stamp in each volume). Neat marginal notes in the first five chapters of the first volume in a contemporary hand. It is quite uncommon to find the Decline and Fall in first edition throughout, as the first issue of the first volume is especially hard to come by. Initially, only 500 copies were planned, but Strahan decided to enlarge the print run to 1000 copies while the work was still at press, such was his confidence in Gibbon's work. The copies issued in the enlarged print run had some of the errors corrected (as far as page 183, according to Norton); this defines the second issue of that volume. His confidence was justified; the first edition sold out in its entirety in a fortnight, necessitating subsequent editions. Norton 20, 23, 29; Rothschild 942; Grolier 100. C
GIBBON, EDWARD The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1776-88. First editions throughout; first state of the first volume, one of approximately 500 copies thus. Six volumes, contemporary calf, rebacked to style. 11 x 8 3/4 inches (28 x 22 cm). Volume I: viii, [4], 586, [2], lxxxviii, [2] pp., including half-title and the terminal leaf of errata, the frontispiece portrait of the author (issued with the second volume of 1781) bound at the front, X4 and a4 are so signed, the text with the uncorrected readings throughout (the second issue is partially corrected, and these leaves are not signed). Volume II: [10] (of 12, lacking the half-title), [2], 640 pp., errata leaf bound after contents, with the two folding maps, the map of Constantinople in the folded state with the margins untrimmed; errata uncorrected throughout. Volume III: [12], [2], 640 pp., half-title present, errata leaf bound after contents, with the folding map, errata (including the Honorious reading) uncorrected. Volume IV: [4], viii, [8], 620 pp., half-title present. Volume V: [4], [8], 684 pp.; Volume VI: [4], [10], 646, 52 pp., errata on final page, lacking the terminal blank. Occasional light foxing and toning, the portrait foxed with a marginal stain. Some wear to boards, corners jambed, binding restorations including rebacking (executed by the J. Macdonald Co., with their stamp in each volume). Neat marginal notes in the first five chapters of the first volume in a contemporary hand. It is quite uncommon to find the Decline and Fall in first edition throughout, as the first issue of the first volume is especially hard to come by. Initially, only 500 copies were planned, but Strahan decided to enlarge the print run to 1000 copies while the work was still at press, such was his confidence in Gibbon's work. The copies issued in the enlarged print run had some of the errors corrected (as far as page 183, according to Norton); this defines the second issue of that volume. His confidence was justified; the first edition sold out in its entirety in a fortnight, necessitating subsequent editions. Norton 20, 23, 29; Rothschild 942; Grolier 100. C
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