AN ECLECTIC LIBRARY.

Edward Gibbon.

Original Editions.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq;. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. —These are the original editions, or their near successors, so that we may read Gibbon as he first burst upon the astonished public. It should be noted that the “fall of Rome” in the West occurs at the end of the third volume, leaving three more fat volumes of Byzantine and western history.

Vol. 1 (1776).
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Third edition, 1777.

Vol. 2 (1781, second edition).
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Vol. 3 (1781).
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Vol. 4.
At Google Books (1788).

Vol. 5.
At Google Books (1788).

Vol. 6.
At Google Books (1788)

J. B. Bury’s Edition.

J. B. Bury was himself one of the most distinguished historians of ancient Rome, and his edition of Gibbon is still in print.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon. Edited in seven volumes, with introduction, notes, and index, by J. B. Bury, M.A. New edition. London: Methuen & Co., 1897–1900.

Vol. I.
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Vol. II.
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Vol. III.
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Vol. IV.
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Vol. V.
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Vol. VI.
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Vol. VII.
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