Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire With Memoirs of his Life and Writings, Composed by Himself Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire 2 volume Set Series
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : Gibbon Edward
Coordonnateur : Holroyd John Baker
The manuscripts left by the historian Edward Gibbon (1737–94) were published in two volumes in 1796.
On the death of Edward Gibbon (1737?94), his unpublished papers were left to his friend John Baker Holroyd, first earl of Sheffield, who published them in two volumes in 1796. Gibbon had written six manuscript accounts of his own life, and, according to Sheffield, had always intended to publish his autobiography in his lifetime. The memoir as edited by Sheffield begins with Gibbon's family history, and taking in his education, travels, and career as a historian, finishes with his anxiety over the future of Europe in 1788. Sheffield then continues the story until Gibbon's death through his correspondence, providing a linking narrative, and this, together with 210 other letters to and from Gibbon, takes up Volume 1. His great work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is also reissued (in the 1896?1900 edition by J. B. Bury) in the Cambridge Library Collection.
Preface; The author's introduction; Anecdotes of the author's life; Appendix of 210 letters to and from Edward Gibbon.
Date de parution : 04-2014
Ouvrage de 736 p.
21x29.7 cm
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