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Gibbon, Edward: "[5 vol.] The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, esq. with Memoirs of his Life and Writings, composed by himself: illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by the right honourable John, Lord Sheffield. Vol. 1: Memoirs and Letters, Vol 2: Letters, Vol. 3: Historical and Critical, Vol. 4: Classical and Critical, Vol. 5: Miscellaneous. Reprinted from the edition of 1814, London.".

"New York : AMS, 1971.". "LII, 530 p.; XX, 503 p.; VIII, 612 p.; IV, 648 p.; IV, 635 p. Original cloth.".

"From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Vol. 1: Rubbed binding, pencil annotation on endpaper, otherwise very good and clean. Vol. 2: Slightly rubbed binding, otherwise very good and clean. Vol. 3: Slightly rubbed binding, slight scratch in bottom edge, otherwise very good and clean. Vol. 4 + 5: Rubbed binding, minimal staining on bottom edge, otherwise very good and clean. / Bd. 1: Beriebener Einband, Bleistiftanmerkung auf Vorsatzblatt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. Bd. 2: Leicht beriebener Einband, sonst sehr gut und sauber. Bd. 3: Leicht beriebener Einband, leichter Kratzer im Fußschnitt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. Bd. 4 + 5: Beriebener Einband, minimale Anschmutzung auf Fußschnitt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - CONTENTS: VOL. III.: HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL. -- Outlines of the History of the WorldThe Ninth Century to the Fifteenth inclusive. (Written in Mr. Gibbons early handwriting between 1758 and 1763.) -- Mémoire sur la Monarchie des Mèdes, pour servir de Supplément aux Dissertations de MM. Freret et de Bougainville. (In Mr. Gibbons early handwriting between 1758 and 1763) -- Les Principales Epoques de lHistoire de la Grèce et de lEgypte, suivant Sir Isaac Newton, comparées avec les Chronologies ordinaires, et Remarques critiques sur lOuvrage de Newton. Jan. 13, 1758 -- Extrait de trois Mémoires de M. LAbbé de la Bleterie sur la Succession de lEmpire Romain et dun sur le Prænom dAuguste. Fev. 20, 1758 -- Remarques Critiques sur le Nombre des Habitans dans la Cité des Sybarites. Date uncertain; early writing. -- Gouvernement Féodal, surtout en France. Date uncertain, buti n Mr. Gibbons early writing between 1758 and 1763 -- Relation des Noces de Charles Duc de Bourgogne avec la Princesse Marguerite, S?ur dEdouard IV. Roi dAngleterre. Date uncertain -- Critical Researches concerning the Title of Charles the Eighth to the Crown of Naples. Written 1761 -- An Account of a Letter addressed to Cocchi by Chevalier L. G. Aretino respecting some Transactions in the Cisalpine Gallic War, A. U. C. 529. Written 1764 -- An Examination of Mallets Introduction to the History of Denmark. July 14th, 1764. -- Introduction à lHistoire générale de la République des Suisses. Written 1767 -- Remarques touchant les Doutes Historiques sur la Vie et le Règne du Roi Richard III. Par M. Horace Walpole. Written 1768 -- Antiquities of the House of Brunswick.Written 1790. Introductory Letter to M. Langer -- Section I.The Italian Descent -- Section II. The German Reign -- Section III. The British Succession of the House of Brunswick -- Section IV. Additional to the above Sections -- An Address recommending Mr. John Pinkerton as a Person well qualified for conducting the Publication of the Scriptures Rerum Anglicarum, our Latin Memorials of the Middle Ages. Written 1793 -- Appendix to an Address explanatory, &c. by Mr. Pinkerton. - VOL. IV.: CLASSICAL AND CRITICAL. -- Essai sur lEtude de la Littérature. Written 1759 -- On the Character of Brutus. Date uncertain -- On Mr. Hurds Commentary on Horace. Written Feb. 1762. -- Nomina Gentesque Antiquæ Italiæ. Written 1763, 1764. -- Sect. I. Nomina -- Sect. II.Regiones, Aër et Solum Italiæ, et Mons Apenninus -- Sect. III.Alpes et Gentes Inalpinæ, et Flumen Padus -- Sect. IV.Transpadana -- Sect. V.Liguria -- Sect. VI.Etruria -- Sect. VII.Urbs Roma -- Sect. VIII.Latium et Campania -- Sect. IX.Lucania et Bruttium -- Sect. X.Calabria et Apulia -- Sect. XI.Samnium -- Sect. XII.Picenum -- Sect. XIII.Umbria -- Sect. XIV.Æmilia et Flaminia -- Sect. XV.Venetia et Istria -- Sect. XVI.Itinera -- An Inquiry whether a Catalogue of the Armies sent into the Field is an essential part of an Epic Poem. 23d Dec. 1763 -- An Examination of the Catalogue of Silius Italiens. 24th Dec. 1763 -- A Minute Examination of Horaces Journey to Brundusium and of Ciceros Journey into Cilicia. 25th Dec. 1763 -- On the Fasti of Ovid. Written 1764 -- On the Triumphs of the Romans. Nov. 1764 -- On the Triumphal Shows and Ceremonies. 13th Dec. 1764. -- Remarques sur les Ouvrages et sur le Caractère de Salluste. 19th Jan. 1756 -- de Jules César. -- de Cornelius Nepos. -- de Tite Live. -- Remarques Critiques sur un Passage de Plaute. 4th May, 1757 -- Remarques sur quelques Endroits de Virgile. April, 1757. -- Critical Observations on the Design of the Sixth Book of the Æneid. Written 1770 -- Postscript to Ditto -- A Vindication of some Passages in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Chapters of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 3d Feb. 1779. - VOL. V.: MISCELLANEOUS. -- Mémoire Justificatif pour servir de Réponse, &c. Written 1778 -- A Dissertation on the Allegorical Beings found on the reverses of Medals. Lausanne, 1764 -- An Account of a MS. by the Abbé G. V. Gravina, del Governo Civile di Roma. Rome, 1764 -- A Dissertation on the subject of 1Homme au Masque de Fer. Written 1774 -- Observations sur les Mémoires Posthumes de M. de Chéseaux. Lausanne, 1756 -- Remarques sur quelques Prodiges. Lausanne, 1757 -- Remarques Critiques sur les Dignités Sacerdotales de Jules César. Written 1757 -- Principes des Poids, des Monnoies, et des Mesures des Anciens, avec des Tables construites sur ces Principes. Written 1759 -- Dissertation sur les Anciennes Mesures, &c. du Bas Empire jusquà la Prise de Constantinople par les Turcs; la France et les Pays Bas; lAllemagne, la Suisse, et les Pays du Nord ; lItalie et lEspagne ; lOrient, les Indes, et lAfrique; also Remarques sur An Inquiry into the State of the Ancient Measures, the Attic, the Roman, and particularly Jewish, by Dr. Hooper, Bishop of Bath and Wells. Written 1759 -- On the Position of the Meridional Line and the supposed Circumnavigation of Africa by the Ancients. Written in the year 1790 or 1791 -- Selections from Mr. Gibbons Extraits Raisonnés de mes Lectures, from the Journal, from the Recueil de mes Observations, et Pieces Détachées, Common-Place Books, and Memoranda. From 1754 to 1764 -- Remarks on Blackstones Commentaries. Written 1770 -- Index Expurgatorius. About 1768 or 1769 -- Observations on Augerii Gislenii Busbequii Omnia quae extant -- Notes and Additions to Harewoods View of the various Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics. 1793 -- Appendix to the Treatise on the Position of the Meridional Line and the supposed Circumnavigation of Africa by the Ancientsa Letter and Annotations by Dr. Vincent, Dean of Westminster. - Edward Gibbon (8 May 1737 16 January 1794) was an English historian, writer, and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788, is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its polemical criticism of organised religion. ISBN 040428306 ".

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