Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Illustrated by Treasures in the Chapin Library at Williams College
9781605831145
Distributed for The Grolier Club
Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Illustrated by Treasures in the Chapin Library at Williams College
A catalog of the exhibition mounted at the Chapin Library to provide contemporary background for publication of Edward Gibbon’s great work including items owned by Gibbon, as well as his manuscript.
48 pages | 1 | 6 x 9 | © 2000
History: Ancient and Classical History
Library Science and Publishing: Publishing
Table of Contents
Introduction by George Edwards / EXHIBITION / A Year of Three Classics in Caslon / Contemporary Opinions / Gibbon’s Biography / Gibbon’s Library / Gibbon’s Scholarship / Gibbon’s Roman Portraits / APPENDICES / On Reading Gibbon’s Decline and Fall / Chronology / Biographical Quotations / Lytton Strachey: From Portraits in Miniature / On Himself / 18th Century / 19th Century / 20th Century / The Bogus Trinity at Trinity
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