Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire

With Memoirs of his Life and Writings, Composed by Himself

By:

Edward Gibbon

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

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On the death of Edward Gibbon (1737–94), his unpublished papers were left to his friend John Baker Holroyd, first earl of Sheffield, who published them in two volumes in 1796.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 taking in his education, travels, and career as a historian, 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, together with 210 other letters to and from Gibbon, takes up Volume 1. His 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.

Release date Australia

April 17th, 2014

Author

Edward Gibbon

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Edited by John Baker Holroyd

Illustrations

1 Plates, black and white

Pages

736

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

Dimensions

210x297x37

ISBN-13

9781108072168

Product ID

22189246

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