GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: John Murray 1887 [vol. I dated 1903]. 8 volumes, 8°, engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. I, folding maps, some coloured (occasional spotting and browning), contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt in compartments (spines browned, lightly rubbed, joints brittle), t.e.g. ALISON, Archibald. History of Europe, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1853-55. 12 volumes, 8°, wood-engraved frontispieces, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels (lightly rubbed), armorial bookplate of William Hatton. JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language, London: J. F. & C. Rivington (and others), 1785. 2 volumes, 4°, engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted and lightly browned at margins), modern old-style panelled calf, new endpapers. Sixth edition. With 73 other volumes of miscellaneous literature bound in calf. (95)
GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: John Murray 1887 [vol. I dated 1903]. 8 volumes, 8°, engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. I, folding maps, some coloured (occasional spotting and browning), contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt in compartments (spines browned, lightly rubbed, joints brittle), t.e.g. ALISON, Archibald. History of Europe, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1853-55. 12 volumes, 8°, wood-engraved frontispieces, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels (lightly rubbed), armorial bookplate of William Hatton. JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language, London: J. F. & C. Rivington (and others), 1785. 2 volumes, 4°, engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted and lightly browned at margins), modern old-style panelled calf, new endpapers. Sixth edition. With 73 other volumes of miscellaneous literature bound in calf. (95)
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