Description

• Ninth Printing [The Folio Society, London, 1998]; 8 volumes – 320, 348, 367, 394, 394, 377, 440 & 363pp; elephanthide covered boards, gold decorations [based on 1780 design by Henry Walther], titling to spines, a few small red marks to spines, else fine; in two excellent red cardboard slipcases [4 vols each], a few minor marks & abrasions
• Gibbon’s classic history of Rome & it’s downfall, in eight volumes:
  • The Turn Of The Tide
  • Constantine & The Christian Empire
  • The Revival & Collapse Of Paganism
  • The End Of The Western Empire
  • Justinian & The Roman Law
  • Mohammed & The Rise Of The Arabs
  • The Normans In Italy & The Crusades
  • The Fall Of Constantinople & The Papacy In Rome