BIBLIOGRAPHY (BY H. M. BEATTY, M.A., LL.D., F.R.Hist.S.) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GIBBON'S HISTORY, MINOR AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, AND LETTERS; AND OF THE CONTROVERSIAL REPLIES TO HISTORY ABBREVIATED REFERENCES the present edition. Bury Works. = = the 1814 edition (unless otherwise stated) of Gibbon's Miscellaneous Murray The Autobiographies of E. G., edited by John Murray (1896). Prothero Private Letters of E. G., edited by R. E. Prothero (1896). Historic Studies in Vaud by General Meredith Read (1897). La Vie de Société dans le Pays de Vaud (1911-12). Hill The Memoirs of E. G., edited by G. B. Hill (1900). Graesse Trésor de livres rares (1859-69). Read Historisches Archiv (1841). Quérard (unless otherwise stated) La France littéraire (1827-64). = Controversial replies to the History in English and other languages The place of publication is London, when not otherwise stated. THE DECLINE AND FALL: EDITIONS IN ENGLISH PAGE 348 352 353 356 358 360 361 "The moment of conception; the fifteenth of October, 1764" (Murray, p. 270). "As early as 1771. . . a rough draught" (Bury, iii. p. 283). VOLUME THE FIRST (CHAPTERS 1-16): 1776, February 16th, The | History | Of The | Decline And Fall | Of The | Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon Esq.; | Volume The First. | Jam provideo animo editions]. videbatur [Livy, xxxi.-1., motto omitted in later London | Printed For W. Strahan; And T. Cadell, In The Strand. | MDCCLXXVI. | "Feb Preface (pp. v-viii), "Bentinck St., Feb. 1, 1776"; Contents (3 pp.); History (pp. 1-586); "Advertisement" [to Notes, one page]; Notes (pp. i-lxxxviii); Errata (one page). 1000 copies. "The volume (a handsome quarto) costs one guinea unbound " (Read, ii. p. 387). "On February 16, I gave myself to the universe" (Read, ibid.). In Murray, p. 311, Gibbon says ruary 17," and this was the date appointed (Prothero, i. p. 279); but the 17th was a Saturday, and perhaps therefore abandoned. The dates in the Memoirs are often contradictory. "It sold like a threepenny pamphlet"; "in a fortnight not a single copy remained" (Read, ibid.). 66 1776, June 3rd, Second Edition, 1500 copies, 4to (Strahan & Cadell). The notes are still at the end of the book. My new birth happened last Monday, 700 of the 1500 were gone yesterday” (“ June the 6th, 1776, from Almack's, where I was chose last week," Prothero, i. p. 284). Dublin, 1776, two volumes, 8vo (printed for Wm. Hallhead, 63 Dame St.). "The bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pyrates of Dublin" (Murray, p. 311). "The natives have printed it very well, and the notes at the bottom take up much less space than I could have imagined" (Prothero, i. p. 288). 1777, April (Strahan & Cadell). "We are now printing a third edition in quarto of 1000 copies (in all 3500) with the notes at the bottom" (March 29, 1777; Prothero, i. p. 304). Evidently revised:" I shall usually refer to the third edition, unless there are any various readings" (Vindication, 1779, in Misc. Works, iv. p. 526). Gibbon's two-thirds profits on this edition were £326 13s. 4d. (Misc. Works, ii. p. 167; where the price given, 168., was no doubt for the trade; the sale price, as shown by an advertisement at the end of A Vindication, was £1 1s. in boards). 1781 (Strahan & Cadell). The Fourth Edition, with engraving ("Publish'd as the Act directs Febry. 1st 1780") by Jno. Hall of portrait [1779] by Reynolds of "Edward Gibbon Esqr. born the 8th May 1737". Preface and P.S. ("Bentinck-Street, March 1, 1781"), Advertisement," detailed Table of Contents (12 pp.), History, pp. 1 to 704. Notes at the bottom of page. This edition and the Dublin of 1776 are recorded in G.'s own catalogue of his library (on the backs of playing cards) in the B.M.; which, in spite of his personal preference, records no edition with the notes at the end. SECOND AND THIRD VOLUMES (CHAPS. 17-26 AND 27-38): "The commencement of my Second Volume, 1777, December" (Murray, p. 315). 1781, March 1st, vols. ii. and iii., 4to (printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, in the Strand, £2 2s.). Second Volume: portrait by Reynolds and map of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire; pp. 1-640, with notes at the bottom of the pages; Errata. Third Volume: map of the Western part of the Roman Empire; pp. 1-640; Table of Contents of vols. i., ii., iii.; Errata. 1781, vols. ii. and iii., 4to, Second Edition (Strahan & Cadell), no portrait, maps as before, but Table of Contents and Errata at the beginning of each vol. Dublin, 1781, chaps. 17-38, in four volumes, 8vo (printed for Wm. Hallhead). FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD VOLUMES (CHAPS. 1-38): 1782 (Preface dated March 1), Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4to (Strahan & Cadell). For the variants introduced by Gibbon into the text, see vol. i., pp. 506-9 of the present edition. 1783, six volumes, first octavo edition of chaps. 1-38, portrait and map; not further revised, see 66 Advertisement," dated Bentinck St., April 20, 1783 (Strahan & Cadell). 1788, six volumes, 8vo (Strahan & Cadell). 1789, three volumes, 4to. "New edition" (Strahan & Cadell). FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH VOLUMES (CHAPS. 39-47; 48-57; 58-71): Vol. iv. " begun March 1, 1782-ended June, 1784". Vol. v. "begun July, 1784-ended May 1, 1786 ". Vol. vi. "begun May 18, 1786-ended June 27, 1787 ". "These three volumes were sent to press August 15, 1787, and the whole impression was concluded April following." "The day of publication was delayed that it might coincide with the fifty-first anniversary of my own birthday" (Misc. Works, i. pp. 256 and 260). 1788, May 8th, vols. iv., v., vi., 4to; printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, in the Strand; 3000 copies; £3 38. in boards. Fourth Volume: Preface, pp. i-vi; P.S., pp. vii-viii; Table of Contents; pp. 1-620. Fifth Volume: Table of Contents; pp. 1-684. Sixth Volume: Table of Contents; pp. 1-646; General Index to the entire work. Errata to vols. 4, 5, 6. 1790, 6 vols., 8vo (Strahan & Cadell, £1 10s.). "I do not propose making any improvements or corrections in the octavo edition which you meditate" (Letter of 11th February, 1789, to Cadell, Misc. Works, edn. 1796, i. p. 684). EDITIONS OF THE COMPLETE WORK IN ENGLISH Basil, 1787-9, 13 vols., 8vo (J. J. Tourneisen). The notes of vols. i.-vi. are at the end of each vol.; those of vols. vii.-xii. form the contents of vol. xiii. No map or portrait. Quérard places this edition as: “Basil (Strasbourg);”. Basil, 1789, 14 vols., 8vo (J. J. Tourneisen). "The type is neat, the paper tolerable, and the text wonderfully, correct ' (Letter 11th February, 1789, ut supra). "I cannot be displeased with the two numerous and correct impressions of the English original, which have been published for the use of the Continent at Basil in Switzerland. Of their fourteen octavo Volumes, the two last include the whole body of the notes. The public importunity had forced me to remove them from the end of the Volume to the bottom of the page, but I have often repented of my complyance" (Murray, p. 339). Dublin, 1788-9, 6 vols., 8vo, portrait and two maps (printed for Luke White, No. 86, Dame Street). Vol. v. is dated 1788. This has apparently misled Lowndes and Graesse. 1791, 12 vols., 8vo, portrait and maps (Strahan & Cadell, £3 128.). 1796, 6 vols., 4to, adorned with the Head of the Author and Maps adapted to the Work (printed for T. Cadell, Jun., and W. Davies, successors to Mr. Cadell, £7 108.). 1797, 12 vols., 8vo, portrait and maps (printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, Jun., and W. Davies in the Strand). 1802, 12 vols., 8vo, portrait and folding maps, £3 128.; large paper in royal 8vo, £6 68. (printed by A. Strahan, Printers St., for T. Cadell, Jun., and W. Davies). 1806, 12 vols., 8vo, portrait and maps (Vernor, Hood & Sharpe in the Poultry and others). 1807, 12 vols., royal 18mo, with some account of the life of the author, portrait and maps (printed for Cadell & Davies and others). 1809, 9 vols., 8vo, new edition with numerous embellishments, portrait, and map (with a second title engraved, bearing date 1808; Oddy & Co. and Maxwell). Edinburgh, 1811, 12 vols., 8vo, with a life of the author, portrait, and maps (printed for Bell & Bradfute, Peter Hill, Silvester Doig and A. Stirling and John Ogle). 1813, 12 vols., 8vo, portrait after Reynolds and maps (T. Cadell and W. Davies and others). 1815, 12 vols., 8vo, with portrait, memoir, and maps (printed for Lackington, Allen & Co., W. Otridge, R. Scholey, and G. Cowie & Co., London; and for P. Hill, Doig & Stirling, and Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh). 1816, 12 vols., 8vo, portrait and map (W. Allason and others). 1818, 12 vols., 8vo, portrait and maps (W. Allason and others). 1819, 12 vols., 8vo, portrait (W. Allason and others). 1820, 12 vols., 8vo, maps of Eastern and Western parts of Empire (W. Allason and others). 1820, 12 vols., 8vo, with Life, portrait, and map (printed at Edinburgh for Lackington, Harding, etc.). 1820, 12 vols., 8vo, portrait and maps (Cadell & Davies and others). 1821, 8 vols., 8vo, with maps and portrait (printed for R. Priestley and others by J. F. Dove, St. John's Square). Leipzig, 1821-22, 12 vols., 8vo (E. Fleischer). 1822, 8 vols., 8vo, portrait and maps (Priestley & Weale and others). 1823, 8 vols., 8vo, portrait and maps, with "Advertisement" by J. Sleath, D.D. (St. Paul's School), stating that "great care has been taken with the present complete edition " and that "the Greek and Latin quotations have been atten tively examined" (printed by J. F. Dove, St. John's Square, for W. Baynes & Son and others). 1825, 8 vols., 8vo, portrait, memoir, and maps (G. Cowie & Co. and others, Poultry ; printed by J. F. Dove, St. John's Square). 1825, 12 vols., 12mo. 1827, 12 vols., 8vo, Life, portrait, and maps (Thomas McLean and others). 1827, 11 vols., 12mo; the title page of each volume is engraved and contains a vignette (printed by Thomas Davison for Thomas Tegg, No. 73, Cheapside). Oxford, 1827, 8 vols., 8vo, with steel portrait, £3 38.; 50 copies in large paper, royal 8vo, £8 88. ("Oxford Classics Edition," Pickering, printed by Talboys & Wheeler). An issue of 1828 is frequently recorded in bibliographies,—questionable. Professes to have been carefully revised" (Lowndes). No maps. Edinburgh, 1828 et seq., 12 vols., 8vo, illustrated with maps designed for the work (printed by Ballantyne & Co. for John Thomson, etc.). 1828, 4 vols., 8vo, engraved frontispiece dated 1825 (Jones & Co.). 1828, 8 vols., 8vo, with Life, portrait, and maps (Cadell and others). Leipzig, 1828-9, 12 vols., 8vo. 1830, 8vo, printed from the edition in twelve volumes, with an introductory memoir of the author by William Youngman (Joseph Ogle Robinson, 42 Poultry; Liverpool, A. C. Baynes, Waterloo Place. Stereotyped and printed by J. R. & C. Childs). Portrait. Edinburgh, 1831, 12 vols., 8vo, with portrait by Lizars and maps. Edinburgh, 1832, 12 vols., royal 8vo, illustrated with three large maps designed for the work (Crusades, Provinces from Adriatic to Propontis, Empire of Charlemagne), and with memoir (Thomas Nelson and Peter Brown). 1837, 8vo, with memoir by Chalmers and portrait. 1838, 8 vols., 8vo, with Life, portrait, and maps (Cadell and others). 1838-9, 12 vols., 8vo, with notes by Guizot, edited by Milman, and original historical maps (John Murray, 98. each). Paris, 1840, 8 vols., 8vo, with portrait and three maps and notes by Guizot and Milman (Baudry's European Library, 3 Quai Malaquais, near the Pont des Arts). 1840, thick royal 8vo, with portrait after Reynolds, engraved by W. C. Edwards, and introductory memoir by William Youngman (Ball, Arnold & Co., 34 Paternoster Row. Bungay: printed by John Childs & Son). Derby, 1842, 4 vols., 8vo, with Life, portrait and maps (printed for Thomas Richardson). 1844, royal 8vo, with memoir by W. Youngman, stereotyped in one vol. (Bohn). Halifax, 1844-5, 4 vols., 8vo, Life, portrait and four maps (printed and published by William Milner, Cheapside). Subsequent issues in 1847 and 1848. 1846, 6 vols., 8vo, with notes by Guizot, edited by Milman, Second edition (John Murray, £3 38.). 1847, 8vo, with memoir by W. Youngman, new edition (Bohn, 188.); also in 1865 and 1866. 1847, 8vo, with Life by A. Chalmers (Longman); also in 1862. 1848, 8 vols., 8vo, Life, portrait, and maps (Longman, Brown, Green & Longmang and others, £3). London and New York, 1850, 2 vols., imp. 8vo, with 57 engravings and maps; notes and memoir by F. A. Guizot (Virtue, £1 168.). Reissued 1863; 4th issue in 1870. 1853-5, 7 vols., cr. 8vo, with copious index, two maps, portrait of Gibbon, and variorum notes: including those of Guizot, Wenck, Schreiter, and Hugo, edited with further illustrations from the most recent sources by an English Churchman [i.e. H. G. Bohn], (Bohn, £1 4s. 6d.). [The first volume having been criticised for careless printing, a corrected impression was issued in 1854. The book passed to Messrs. Bell & Sons in 1864, and has since that date been reprinted about thirteen times; in later issues the words "an English Churchman "have been omitted. Reissued also in New York, Boston, Philadelphia.] 1854 (vols. 1-5), 1855 (vols. 6-8), 8 vols., 8vo, with portrait by E. Scriven after Reynolds and fourteen maps, notes by Milman and Guizot, edited with additional notes by William Smith, LL.D. (John Murray, 7s. 6d. each vol.). [This, the third of the Milman editions, includes also the Autobiography, and has been repeatedly reprinted since. The Milman editions have been also reprinted about a dozen times in New York, Boston or Philadelphia.] 1860, imp. 8vo (Tegg). 1869, 3 vols., cr. 8vo (Alexander Murray). London and New York, 1873, 4 vols., cr. 8vo (Chandos Classics, Frederick Warne & Co.). Reissued 1887. 1875, thick royal 8vo, with portrait. New York, 1880, 5 vols., 16mo (American Book Exchange). 1890, 4 vols., large 8vo. 1892, 2 vols., 8vo (Lubbock's Hundred Books). 1895, 4 vols., 8vo (Gibbings, Standard British Classics). 1896-1900, 7 vols., cr. 8vo, with maps, edited with introduction, notes, appendices, and index by J. B. Bury; also 7 vols., demy 8vo (Methuen & Co.); also New York (Macmillan Co.). 1903-6, 7 vols., 6 ins. by 4 (The World's Classics). 1905-6, 7 vols., cr. 8vo, edited by J. B. Bury (Methuen's Standard Library). 1910, 6 vols., cr. 8vo, edited by Oliphant Smeaton (Everyman's Library); also New York (Dutton). 1909 et seq., 7 vols., demy 8vo, edited with introduction, notes, and appendices by J. B. Bury, with maps; and with illustrations selected by O. M. Dalton (Methuen & Co.). The present edition. UNDATED EDITIONS 3 vols., large cr. 8vo (Warne & Co.). 2 vols., large 8vo, with Milman's notes and full-page illustrations (Ward, Lock & Co.). New York, 5 vols., cr. 8vo, with notes by Milman and index (International Book Company, 310-318 Sixth Avenue). New York, Pittsburg, and Cincinnati, 6 vols. in twelve, 8vo, Milman's and Smith's notes, illustrated "Edition de luxe" (Euclid Press). "The conquests of our language and litterature (sic) are not confined to Europe alone; and the writer who succeeds in London is speedily read on the banks of the Delaware and Ganges" (Murray, p. 339). MUTILATIONS, ABRIDGMENTS, AND SELECTIONS OF THE HISTORY 1826, 5 vols., 8vo, reprinted for the use of families and young persons, with the careful omission of all passages of an irreligious or immoral tendency, by Thomas Bowdler, F.R.S.S.A. (Longman, £1 11s. 6d.), with motto: |