The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon, Robert Carr (Printer), Peter A. Mesier (Publisher), Joshua Reynolds (Illustrator), Alexander Lawson (Engraver), Frederick Brown (Printer of plates), Birch and Small (Publisher)
Print Book, English, 1804-1805
Published by William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, no. 37, South Second Street. Printed by Robert Carr, Philadelphia, 1804-1805
Stained leather (Binding)
8 v. : 3 maps, 1 port. ; 22 cm (8vo in 4s)
191261504
Maps engraved by Alexander Lawson. Frontispiece portrait of Gibbon (v. 1) signed: Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by A. Lawson. Printed by F. Brown
In some copies v. 2 has a variant imprint: Philadelphia: Published by William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, no. 37, South Second Street, and P.A. Mesier, New-York. Printed by Robert Carr. 1804
Imprint date of v. 6-8 varies: 1805
"Printed by Robert Carr, no. 10, Church-Alley."--Colophons, v. 1-3. "Printed by Robert Carr."--colophons, v. 4-8
Vol. 1: xv, [1], 444 p. [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: vii, [1], 435, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 3: vii, [1], 480 p.; v. 4: viii, 496 p.; v. 5: x, 481, [1] p.; v. 6: vii, [1], 468 p.; v. 7: ix, [1], 488 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 8: vii, [1], 283, [1], lxiv, 130, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates. Last pages of v. 2, 5 blank
Errors in paging: v. 2, p. 297 misnumbered 279; v. 6, p. 285-287, 458 misnumbered 485-487, 548; v. 7, p. 389 misnumbered 889; v. 8, p. 235, lv misnumbered 335, xlv. In some copies of v. 1, p. 327 is misnumbered 237
"General index."--V. 8, lxiv p., 3rd count
"Memoirs of the life and writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq. Composed by himself."--V. 8, 130 p., 4th count
Publishers' advertisement, v. 8, [2] p. at end