SAINTE GENEV

B.D.J

This day is published, volume the first of a new edition of

GIBBON'S HISTORY

OF

THE DECLINE AND FALL

OF

THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

OXFORD,

PUBLISHED BY D. A. TALBOYS; AND
WILLIAM PICKERING, LONDON.

THIS edition of Gibbon's Roman History is a continuation of a series of British classic writers, publishing in monthly volumes under the name of OXFORD ENGLISH CLASSICS, a prospectus of which has long been before the public, and may be had gratis of the publishers.

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