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Lot 605

GIBBON, EDWARD: 'THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE'

fourth edition, volumes 1-6, printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London 1781; together with 'Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq.' volumes 1-3, volumes 1 and 2 printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell Junior, London 1796, volume 3 printed for John Murray, London 1815, all bound in matching grained brown leather with red leather half titles to spines and with Bridehead bookplates (9)

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Estimate: £200 - £400
Hammer price: £950
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

These books are bound in a uniform manner. The binding is scuffed and worn with a few scuffs being 'coloured in'. The spines are bumped and there is slight cracking to the hinges. Internally there is some foxing and staining to the pages.

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