The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volumes I- IV, Chandos Classics, complete, hardcovers, originals, verbatim reprint, no date but circa 1880's, each volume is 13 cms x 18.6 cms, condition: very good.

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by the historian Edward Gibbon covers the period  98AD to 1590AD. The volumes cover the peak of the Roman Empire, the history of early Christianity and its emergence as the Roman state religion, the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, the rise of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane and the fall of Byzantium, as well as discussions on the ruins of Ancient Rome.

 Edward Gibbon (1737 1794) was an essayist, historian, and politician. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published in between 1776 and 1789, is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its polemical criticism of organized religion.