Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. I. London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies […], 1820
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22 x 13.5 cm; 6 s.p. + [LXI] p. + 456 p. + 4 s.p. + 2 inserts, label with the name of the former owner on verso of the front cover: “Mr. Thomas Bell”. On l. 1 bookplate CPC on recto, l. 3 photograph of the author on verso by W. Evans and Joshua Reynolds, p. [Ι] title page, p. [ΙΙ] typographical data, p. [III]-XXXVIII “Some account of the life and writings of Edward Gibbon”, p. [XXXIX]-XLIII “Preface”, p. [XLIV]-XLVI announcement about the edition, p. [XLVII]-LX table of contents, p. [LXI] map. Pencil marks on p. 38, 98, 147, 167, 266, 314, 316, reading trace with pencil on p. 316, regarding a mark on the same page. Inserts with C. P. Cavafy’s handwritten notes in black ink on p. 38-39 and 98-99 regarding the traits of the text. P. 456 colophon. Maps are found in various places in the print.
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The inserts and handwritten notes found in Edward Gibbon’s volumes were transcribed for the first time by Diana Haas. See Diana Haas, “Cavafy’s reading notes on Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall”, Folia Neohellenica 4 (1982), 25-96.
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