Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire by Edward Gibbon

Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire by Edward Gibbon

On the death of Edward Gibbon (1737 94), his unpublished papers were left to his friend John Baker Holroyd, first earl of Sheffield, who published them in two volumes in 1796. Gibbon had written six manuscript accounts of his own life, and, according to Sheffield, had always intended to publish his autobiography in his lifetime. The memoir as edited by Sheffield begins with Gibbon's family history and finishes with his anxiety over the future of Europe in 1788. Sheffield then continues the story until Gibbon's death through his correspondence, providing a linking narrative, and this takes up Volume 1. Volume 2 presents other unpublished papers, including comments on his reading, and an outline for a history of the world. Gibbon's great work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is also reissued (in the 1896 1900 edition by J. B. Bury) in the Cambridge Library Collection.

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ISBN 13	9781108072175
ISBN 10	1108072178
Title	Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire
Author	Edward Gibbon
Series	Miscellaneous Works Of Edward Gibbon Esquire 2 Volume Set
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2014-04-17
Number of pages	740
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