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943 - GIBBON (Edward). Memoirs. Followed by some posthumous works …
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GIBBON (Edward). Memoirs. Followed by some posthumous works and some letters by the same author. Compiled and published by Lord Sheffield, translated from the English. Paris: published by the Director of the *Décade Philosophique*, 1796. 2 vols., in-8, comprising (4)-XXXVI-352 pp. and (4)-IV-452-(2) pp., brown speckled half-basane, gilt guilloché on the edges, smooth decorated spine, title labels in red morocco and volume number labels in brown morocco, red edges (contemporary binding) First French edition of the memoirs of the great English historian Gibbon (1737–1794), illustrated with a frontispiece in Volume I showing Edward Gibbon chewing his snuff in silhouette. A fine copy.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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