The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Abridged. Incorporating the Researches of Recent Commentators. (The Student's Gibbon.)

xxvii, [1], 677, [3] pp. An abridgment by William Smith, intended for use by students. Includes 100 woodcut illustrations. "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was written by English historian Edward Gibbon and published in six volumes. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings. Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788 - 89. The original volumes were published in quarto sections, a common publishing practice of the time. It stands as a major literary achievement of the 18th century because it was adopted as a model for the methodologies of modern historians. This led to Gibbon being called the first modern historian of Ancient Rome."