Mr. Gibbon's History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire : Abridged. In Two Volumes...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Abridgments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine Empire--History.

Byzantine Empire.

History.

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Physical Description:

2v. ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCXC. [1790]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Abridged and expurgated for "the youthful mind" (vol.1, 2nd preliminary leaf) by Charles Hereford; abridgment also erroneously attributed to Alexander Adams and to John Adams.

A reissue of the sheets first printed for G. Kearsley, 1789, with half-titles and titlepages of both volumes cancelled by single leaves, and with the leaves of Kearsley's advertisements at end cancelled.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N10232.

Access Restriction:

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