The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Printed by Abraham Small, and published by him, and P.H. Nicklin--and Isaac Riley, New York.,
1816.
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| Edition: | The second American edition. |
| Series: | Early American imprints.
no. 37704. |
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| Item Description: | Maps engraved by Alexander Lawson. Frontispiece portrait of Gibbon (v. 1) signed: Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by A. Lawson. Edition statement transposed; precedes "In eight volumes" on title page. Vol. 8 lacks imprint statement. Vol. 1: xv, [1], 444 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: vii, [1], 435, [1] p., [2] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: vii, [1], 480 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 4: viii, 496 p.; v. 5: xii, 481, [1] p.; v. 6: vii, [1], 468 p.; v. 7: ix, [1], 488 p.; v. 8: vii, [1], 283, [1], 64, 130 p. Last pages of v. 2, 5 blank. Errors in paging: v. 2, p. 131 misnumbered 151; v. 3, p. 165, 382 misnumbered 163, 332; v. 4, p. 213 misnumbered 231; v. 6, p. 450 misnumbered 250; v. 7, p. 357 misnumbered 359. "General index."--v. 8, 64 p., 3rd count. "Memoirs of the life and writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq. Composed by himself."--v. 8, 130 p., 4th count. |
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| Physical Description: | 8 v. : 3 maps, 1 port. ; 22 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. United States -- New York -- New York. |