Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esq. : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.

Contributor:

Sheffield, John Holroyd, Earl of, 1735-1821.

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.

Language:

English

French

Penn Provenance:

Parry, Charles Henry (bookplate) (copy 2)

Lucas, Tindall (bookplate) (copy 2)

Lewis, John Frederick (donor) (copy 2)

Physical Description:

x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 691 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : genealogical table, portrait ; 29 cm (4to)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for John Murray ..., 1815.

Notes:

"In three volumes. Vol. III."

"This volume contains the material printed for the first time in the second edition [1814] of the Miscellaneous Works and here printed in 4to to make a volume uniform with the two 4to volumes of the first edition"--Norton, J.E. A bibliography of the works of Edward Gibbon, 1940, p. 206-207, no. 136.

On verso of t.p.: London: Printed by C. Roworth ... and T. Davison ...

Gibbon's epitaph on sixth leaf.

Local Notes:

Copy 2 does not have epitaph.

Copy 1 imperfect: p. vii-x wanting.

Related Work:

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. Miscellaneous works. 1796.

OCLC:

13606499