History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon, William Smith, 1885

The Student's Gibbon; History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon. Abridged, Incorporating the Researches of Recent Commentators, by William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D. Illustrated by One Hundred Engravings on Wood.

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Published by John Murray, London, 1885. Eleventh Edition. Complete in one volume. An uncommon edition.

A full leather prize binding for Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Darlington.

A very good (approaching near fine) tan calf leather hardback with gilt motif of Queen Elizabeth I to front, and raised bands, gilt tooled decoration and black morocco label to spine. Covers with wear and mild scuffing. Feathered marbled endpapers with marbled edges to text block. Soundly bound.

Prize inscription to first blank endpaper with small binder's ink stamp. Pictorial frontispiece and text pages are clean and bright throughout. Some light spotting to endpapers. A handsome volume.

Text in English.

xxvii + 1pp + 677pp + 1pp Publisher's advertisements.

Dimensions: approx 187mm high x 130mm wide x 38mm deep.

Weight: approximately 689g (unpacked).