The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire. Volume VIII by Edward Gibbon
1825. No Edition Noted. 450 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound brown leather with marbled cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout and major tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Pencil inscriptions to rear endpaper. Boards have visible edge wear, ink marks and rubbing. Heavy bumping to corners and major crushing to spine ends. Splitting to joints and peeling to spine and corners.