The decline and fall of the roman empire and other selections from the writings of edward gibbon. Rare book cellar main navigation the history of the decline and fall of the roman empire 8 vols folio society. It traces western civilization as well as the islamic and mongolian conquests from the height of the roman empire to the fall of byzantium. Everymans library boxed set the decline and fall of the. The decline and fall of the roman empire book 1 full. The decline and fall of the roman empire volumes i, ii and iii with slipcases. The notes included are all by gibbon, but are only a selection from the great number he wrote.
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