Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. II. London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies […], 1820

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  •                                     1. It was
                                        2. written in
                                        3. the Xth                                     4. century





  •    1. + It may not be “the effect
       2. “of jealous tyranny” but it cer-
       3. tainly is an act of tyranny,
       4. and it is by no means “to be
       5. “applauded as an act of pru-
       6. “dence and humanity”. Any
       7. interference of the state with
       8. the literary or scientific
       9. pursuits of the people is tyranni-
       10. cal in its origin, in its essence,
       11. and in its effects. –
       12.                       C.





  •    1. + A quotation from
       2. the Anabasis seems
       3. here out of place. Al-

       4. most seven centuries

       5. separated the Persians
       6. of Narses from the

       7. Persians of Artaxerxes
       8. Longomanus. 401 B.C. – 297 A.D. –

       9.                               C.



  •    1. + No such martyr

       2. figures on the
       3. Greek ecclesiasti-

       4. cal calendar. –

       5.               C.
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Gibbon, Edward
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T. Cadell and W. Davies, F. C. and J. Rivington, J. Cuthell, J. Nunn, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, John Richardson, J. M. Richardson, Jeffery and Son, J. and A. Arch, J. and W. Clarke, Black and Co, S. Bagster, W. Stewart, Hatchard and Son, W. Ginger, J. Mawman, R. Scholey, Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, J. Asperne, T. Hamilton, J. Bohn, J. Ebers, R. Saunders, G. Greenland, Olge and Co, G. and W. B. Whittaker, Taylor and Hessey, Simpkin and Marshall, Rodwell and Martin, C. Taylor, Isaac Sheldon, W. Wood, Lloyd and Son, G. Mackie and J. Parker, Fairbairn and Anderson

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1820
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22 x 13.5 cm; 4 s.p. + XV p. + 496 p. + 4 s.p. + 3 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, p. [Ι] title page, p. [ΙΙ] typographical data, p. [III]-XV “Contents”. Pencil marks on p. 61, 137, 147, 391, 471, reading trace with pencil on p. 391. C. P. Cavafy’s handwritten notes in black ink inserted between p. 136-137, 146-147 and 470-471 regarding traits of the text, where he signs as “C.”. P. 496 colophon.


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Thomas Bell

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Bell, Thomas
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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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Gibbon, Edward
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Narses
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T. Miller
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History
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