An examination of two chapters of Mr. Gibbon's History (1778) and A reply to Mr. Gibbon's Vindication (1779)
Contributors: Davis, Henry Edwards, 1756-1784.
Series: The Life & times of seven major British writers. Gibboniana 5; Gibboniana; 5.
Publisher: Garland Pub.
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.; Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Historiography.; Byzantine Empire -- Historiography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint of the author's An examination of the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of Mr. Gibbon's History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, first published for J. Dodsley, London; and A reply to Mr. Gibbon's Vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of "The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire," first printed for J. Dodsley, London.