New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833.
Price: $350.00
Hardcover. Stated, "Fifth American from the last London edition." Four volumes. [12], xviii, 472; vii, 446; viii, 493, [1] ad; viii, 461pp. Volume one with an engraved frontispiece, Volumes One, Two, and Four each with a fold-out map. Speckled calf boards, the spine has raised bands bordered in gilt creating five compartments, a red leather label with "Gibbon's Rome" in gilt occupies the second compartment from the top and in the fourth from the top is a black leather label with the volume number in gilt, gilt along the fore edge corners of the boards, and speckled page edges. Boards and spines show some wear, particularly Volumes One and Two which have abrasions on the boards, the fold-out map in Volume One is torn, owner name penciled on the front free endpaper of Volume One, foxing to the preliminaries and terminals of each volume with some scattered foxing throughout but the text remains largely clean, overall very good with the hinges sound. Edward Gibbon's classic work presented here as a handsomely bound set.
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