1815, ISBN: 6b6959e94272b29b23f948a938f362fc

Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated From His Letters. With Occasional Notes and Narratives by John Lord … Altro …

Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated From His Letters. With Occasional Notes and Narratives by John Lord Sheffield. 4to. Bound in original publisher's boards, rebacked in cloth, original paper labels on spines, with the price of 4 shillings preserved on the label for the third volume; in slipcases. London: Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies . . . 1796. 2 volumes. Together with the third volume, London, Printed for John Murray . . . 1815. First Edition. Frontispiece in volume I and III. Rare errata leaf in volume II. Untrimmed throughout, with deckle edges. Comprising the first appearance in print of Gibbon's "Memoirs," one of the earliest and finest of literary autobiographies; plus the first published collection of Gibbon's correspondence. Also included is the "Essay on the Study of Literature" in English and in its French original; plus copious and entertaining notes on Buffon and Walpole, among others. Early 19th century bookplate of George Home Drummond of Blair Drummond on the front endpaper of each volume. Occasional minor foxing in the first and second volumes; small puncture hole in the lower outer corner of the final leaves of the third volume. The original spines of the first and third volumes are laid-in the first volume. Internal hinges of the first volume are somewhat weakened. Boards show minor to moderate wear at the corners and edges. Otherwise, a clean, wide-margined, untrimmed copy. Very Rare in original boards., Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies / John Murray, 1796 / 1815, 0<