[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.

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 Fu�chnitt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. Bd. 4 + 5: Beriebener Einband, minimale Anschmutzung auf Fu�chnitt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - CONTENTS: VOL. III.: HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL. -- Outlines of the History of the World�The Ninth Century to the Fifteenth inclusive. (Written in Mr. Gibbon�s early handwriting between 1758 and 1763.) -- M�ire sur la Monarchie des M�s, pour servir de Suppl�nt aux Dissertations de MM. Freret et de Bougainville. (In Mr. Gibbons early handwriting between 1758 and 1763) -- Les Principales Epoques de l�Histoire de la Gr� et de l�Egypte, suivant Sir Isaac Newton, compar� avec les Chronologies ordinaires, et Remarques critiques sur l�Ouvrage de Newton. Jan. 13, 1758 -- Extrait de trois M�ires de M. L�Abb�e la Bleterie sur la Succession de l�Empire Romain et d�un sur le Pr�m d�Auguste. Fev. 20, 1758 -- Remarques Critiques sur le Nombre des Habitans dans la Cit�es Sybarites. Date uncertain; early writing. -- Gouvernement F�al, 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 d�Edouard IV. Roi d�Angleterre. 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 Mallet�s Introduction to the History of Denmark. July 14th, 1764. -- Introduction ��Histoire g�rale de la R�blique des Suisses. Written 1767 -- Remarques touchant les Doutes Historiques sur la Vie et le R�e 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 l�Etude de la Litt�ture. Written 1759 -- On the Character of Brutus. Date uncertain -- On Mr. Hurd�s Commentary on Horace. Written Feb. 1762. -- Nomina Gentesque Antiqu�tali�Written 1763, 1764. -- Sect. I.� Nomina -- Sect. II.�Regiones, A�et Solum Itali�et Mons Apenninus -- Sect. III.�Alpes et Gentes Inalpin�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.��ilia 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 Horace�s Journey to Brundusium and of Cicero�s 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 Caract� de Salluste. 19th Jan. 1756 -- de Jules C�r. -- 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 �eid. 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. -- M�ire Justificatif pour servir de R�nse, &c. Written 1778 -- A Dissertation on the Allegorical Beings found on the reverses of Medals. Lausanne, 1764 -- An Account of a MS. by the Abb�. V. Gravina, del Governo Civile di Roma. Rome, 1764 -- A Dissertation on the subject of 1�Homme au Masque de Fer. Written 1774 -- Observations sur les M�ires Posthumes de M. de Ch�aux. Lausanne, 1756 -- Remarques sur quelques Prodiges. Lausanne, 1757 -- Remarques Critiques sur les Dignit�Sacerdotales de Jules C�r. 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 jusqu��a Prise de Constantinople par les Turcs; la France et les Pays Bas; l�Allemagne, la Suisse, et les Pays du Nord ; l�Italie et l�Espagne ; l�Orient, les Indes, et l�Afrique; 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. Gibbon�s Extraits Raisonn�de mes Lectures, from the Journal, from the Recueil de mes Observations, et Pieces D�ch�, Common-Place Books, and Memoranda. From 1754 to 1764 -- Remarks on Blackstone�s Commentaries. Written 1770 -- Index Expurgatorius. About 1768 or 1769 -- Observations on Augerii Gislenii Busbequii Omnia quae extant -- Notes and Additions to Harewood�s 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 Ancients�a 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

ISBN: 040428306