GILLIES, JOHN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD FROM THE REIGN OF ALEXANDER TO THAT OF AUGUSTUS

GILLIES, JOHN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD FROM THE REIGN OF ALEXANDER TO THAT OF AUGUSTUS. London: Strahan, 1807. 2 vols., large 4to., light tan calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, black morocco lettering pieces: Gibbon, Edward. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire: introductory memoir of the author by William Youngman. London: Ball, Arnold & Co., 1840. Small folio, (one vol. edition) engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper outer joint partly split, book label of Charles Crofton-Atkins and 2 others [5] Others: Giberne,A. The ocean of the air. London, 1894; Creevey, T. The Crevey papers. 1904. Vol. 1 only