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Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) — Edward Gibbon

Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)

Edward Gibbon

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 499 pages

This first volume gathers private letters of Edward Gibbon, the historian known for The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Spanning 1753 to 1794, they offer a window into his friendships, travels, scholarly habits, and the intellectual life of his age. They are worth listening to for this personal glimpse of Gibbon and his world.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Opening of the book

PRIVATE LETTERS

OF

EDWARD GIBBON

(1753-1794).

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

THE EARL OF SHEFFIELD.

EDITED BY

ROWLAND E. PROTHERO,

18 BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SOME-TIME FELLOW OF ALL SOULS' COLLEGE, OXFORD.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1896.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

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Contents

  1. PRIVATE LETTERS OF EDWARD GIBBON
  2. INTRODUCTION BY THE EARL OF SHEFFIELD.
  3. EDITOR'S PREFACE.
  4. ERRATA.
  5. GIBBON'S CORRESPONDENCE.
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