The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire
Subtitle: in twelve volumes
By: Edward Gibbon, Esq
Contributors: Kitchin, Thomas, -1784, engraver
Edition: A new edition.
Publisher: Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co., W. Otridge, R. Scholey, and G. Cowie, and Co. ..., and for P. Hill, Doig, and Stirling, and Oliver and Boyd ...
Published: 1777
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: History
Notes: A made-up set.  Only v. 1 is published in London.  Vols. 2-11 are published in Dublin.  Vol. 2 has imprint, Dublin: Printed for William Hallhead, 1777.  Vols. 3-6, Dublin: Printed for William Hallhead, 1781.  Vols. 7-12, Dublin: Luke White, 1788.

Date misprinted MCCCLXXXVIII (1388) in vols. 7 and 9.

Vols. 2, 3, and 4 include folded maps: A map of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, A map of the western part of the Roman Empire, both by Thos. Kitchin, and A map of the parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople.

LC copy has all but v. 1 in matching pigskin bindings.

Norton, J.E.  Edward Gibbon, 63, 42, 43, 44

LC copy is the gift of Anne L. Saunders.

LC copy v. 1, 5, 10, and 11 have the bookplate of William Hamilton; v. 2 has the inscription: John Hamilton, 29th March 1822, Edinburgh; v. 3 and 4 have the inscription: William Wood.