Gibbon's Roman Empire 5 Vol set 1900s Crowell

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'GIBBON'S ROMAN EMPIRE'  in Five Volumes
 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Esq.,
With notes by The Rev. H.H. Milman.
A beautiful 5 volume set of Gibbon's Great Work, an indispensable resource for the student of the classics
Published    by Thomas Y. Crowell  & Company    New York  
There is no date but they appear to be from the early 1900s                                  
Hard cover with maroon/red 2/3 cloth boards and 1/3rd  leather boards the leather wraps around to form the spine.   Gilt title and author  lettering  on the spine along with a lovely gilded floral design.
All volumes have  tissue protected frontispieces with a loose protective paper in between to protect the tissue and 2 or 3 photographic full page illustrations including Pompeii, Hadrian's Tomb, Memphis and the amazing Hannibal crossing the Rhone with his ELEPHANTS.
The top edge is gilded and the sides trimmed.     Measures  8.25"  x  5.75"
A unique good  tight copy of this set  in very good condition .    Don't think they were ever used   
Issues    -  Maroon cloth is faded in some spots,
              -  Vol 5 spine top has a torn piece which is included.
             -  Very little wear to corners, edges  and spine ends .
             -  Small signs of glue residue on front endpapers where name plate was
           
A great addition to your  library.
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