History of the Romans Under the Empire (in Eight Volumes) (1890)

Published by Longmans Green, London, 1890, hardcovers, eight volumes complete, maps, each volume measures 13.5 cms x 18.8 cms, sun fading &some slight loss to upper margin of spines, foxing, otherwise overall condition: very good.

Merivale's principal work was A History of the Romans under the Empire in eight volumes, which came out between 1850 and 1862. It was intended to fill the gaps between the focus of the works by Mommsen and Gibbon.

Charles Merivale (1808 1893) was an English historian and churchman, for many years dean of Ely Cathedral. He was one of the main instigators of the inaugural Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race which took place at Henley in 1829.