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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete Set of 12 Volumes

RHODES James Ford 1848 1927 his copy Edward GIBBON 1737 1794ABAA

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; With notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot; additional notes by William Smith

1887403456London: John Murray 1887. 8 volumes 8vo. Frontispiece portrait in vol. 1 by Sir Joshua Reynolds 12 folding maps. Near-contemporary brown half morocco marbled boards top edges gilt by Little Brown & Co. A near-fine set with a few trifling areas of wear at ends of spines two bumps to board edges several minor creases to folding maps. Provenance: James Ford Rhodes 1848-1927 American industrialist and historian signatures on titles of vols. 1 and 2 dated 1897 annotations; Felix O. Matton bookplates. A FINE SET EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED BY THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIST AND HISTORIAN JAMES FORD RHODES who signed the first two titles in pencil and dated them in 1897; he notes in several volumes that he completed reading them in 1898-99. Rhodes's pencilled underlinings in the text and densely written pencilled notes on the front and rear endleaves and on two titles show a close reading of this edition of Gibbon's text. There are in total 70 pages of notes on the endleaves all in the first six volumes as follows: v.1: 11pp; v. 2: 13pp and extensive notes on 7 pages of the table of contents; v.3: 14pp; v.4: 15pp; v.5: 7pp; v.6: 3pp all at end. The Cleveland-born Rhodes earned his fortune in iron coal and steel and retired from business in 1885 afterwards dedicating himself to historical research. His 8-volume 'History of the Civil War' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1918. Rhodes expressed his admiration for Gibbon in 1899 soon after his reading of this set: "To my mind one of the most charming things in historical literature is the praise which one great historian bestows upon another Gibbon speaks of 'the discerning eye' and 'masterly pencil of Tacitus-the first of historians who applied the science of philosophy to the study of facts' 'whose writings will instruct the last generations of mankind.' He has produced an immortal work 'every sentence of which is pregnant with the deepest observations and most lively images.' I mention Gibbon for it is more than a strong probability that in diligence accuracy and love of truth he is the equal of Tacitus. Gibbon's work has richly deserved its life of more than one hundred years a period which I believe no other modern history has endured. Niebuhr in a course of lectures at Bonn in 1829 said that Gibbon's 'work will never be excelled'" Rhodes paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in 1899. Published in: Annual Report of the American Historical Association 1899 56-63. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books

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