GIBBON, EDWARD. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Frontispiece portrait after Joshua Reynolds in Volume 1; 3 folding

maps. 6 volumes. 4to, early nineteenth-century diced russia, neatly rebacked; lacks half-titles, occasional foxing, a few marginal stains, several corners chipped. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776-88 FIRST EDITION; first state of first volume. Volume 3 with page 177 numbered correctly, and with "Honorious" on line 18 of page 179. Lacks errata leaf at end of first volume, but present in volumes 2, 3, and 6. Nine leaves are cancels as follows: X4, Rrr2, Sss4, a4, b2 [Vol. 1]; G1 (signed *G), L11 (signed *L1) [Vol. 2]; H3, L2 (signed *L2) [Vol. 4]. Rothschild 942; Grolier/English 58; Printing and the Mind of Man 222.