Gibbon Edward, Williams Rosemary (ed.) Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Abridged and Illustrated

Bison Books, 1985. — 264 p.For nearly two centuries, Edward Gibbon’s “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” has been considered the paradigm of classical history. This monumental work, originally published in six volumes over a period of twelve years from 1776 to 1788, was greeted with general acclaim from the time the first volume came off the press. Gibbon’s study of thirteen centuries of European civilization is a work of scholarship which has never been surpassed in scope, depth of insight, or clarity of style. This abridged and illustrated version of Gibbon’s masterpiece is the first of its kind. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs of Roman sites, paintings, line drawings and prints from archives throughout Europe, it has proven to be a collector’s item for classicists and historians and stands as a valuable reference work for libraries and universities alike.