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EDWARD GIBBON, ”THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE” - This lot features a 7-volume set of ”The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” by Edward Gibbon, edited by J.B. Bury and published by AMS Press. This is a complete, unabridged reprint of the 1909 J.B. Bury edition, known for its clear text and inclusion of Gibbon's original footnotes. The set is quarter-bound in leather and the series covers the history of the Roman Empire from the 2nd century CE to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.