( 6 VOLUMES - 1776 - 1788 - VOLUMES 1-3 SECOND EDITIONS VOLUMES 4-6 FIRST EDITIONS). He died while on a visit to his friend, Lord Sheffield, who posthumously edited Gibbon's autobiographical papers and published them in 1796. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The second and third volumes appeared in 1781 and the final three, which were written in Lausanne, in 1788. The first volume of his famous History was published in 1776 it was highly praised for its learning and style but incurred some censure for its treatment of the early Christians.
He also took his place among the literary circles of London. After the death of his father, Gibbon settled in London and in 1774 was elected to Parliament where he sat for the next eight years, although he never once spoke in the Commons. It was while he was in Rome in 1764 that he first conceived the work that was eventually to become The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. Meanwhile, Gibbon served as a captain in the Hampshire Militia until 1763, when he returned to the Continent.
In 1761 he published his Essai sur l'étude de la Littérature the English version appeared in 1764. His father sent him to Lausanne, in Switzerland, where, while studying Greek and French for the next five years, he re-joined the Protestant Church. His brief career as an undergraduate at Magdalen College, Oxford, ended when he joined the Catholic Church. Although his education was frequently interrupted by ill health, his knowledge was far-reaching. (P.M.M.).Edward Gibbon was born in 1737, in Putney, and was the only child of his parents to survive infancy. Books That Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Leo Damrosch, Ph.D. "Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day and the result was clothed in an inimitable prose that was elevated, cadenced, and graceful'. A superb set of "this masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works which.maintain their hold upon the layman and continue to stimulate the scholar". Cresswell and his stamp at the foot of the title page. This is the first complete London octavo edition comprising the reprint of volumes 1-6 (first issued 1783, now dated 1788 and the first appearance of volumes 7-12, dated 1790. Engraved frontispiece portrait, 3 folding engraved maps and the half titles to volumes 7-12, not called for in volumes 1-6. The tree calf boards are framed within a neat gilt roll. A fabulous 18th century tree calf with gilt bands, splendid twin labels and superb gilt tooling to the panels.
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