The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon Esq. ... of 6; Volume 3

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print making them highly accessible to libraries undergraduate students and independent scholars.<br />Rich in titles on English life and social history this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries histories of nations from throughout the world and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. <br />++++<br />The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:<br />++++<br /><sourceLibrary>Bodleian Library (Oxford)<br /><br /><ESTCID>T202126<br /><br /><Notes>Six volumes numbered Seventh to Twelfth containing the text of vols. iv-vi of the quarto edition--Norton. Only vols. 7 and 9 have the incorrect imprint date.<br /><br /><imprintFull>Dublin : [printed for] Luke White MCCCLXXXVIII [1388 i.e. 1788] <collation>6v. ; 8��