Gibbon, Edward 1737-1794

Overview

Works:	1,935 works in 7,818 publications in 6 languages and 73,565 library holdings
Genres:	History Biography Records and correspondence Portraits Criticism, interpretation, etc Fantasy fiction Fiction Encyclopedias
Roles:	Editor, Honoree, Composer, Creator, Correspondent, Owner, Former owner, Annotator, Dedicatee
Classifications:	DG311, 937.06

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Publications about Edward Gibbon

Publications by Edward Gibbon

Publications by Edward Gibbon, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Edward Gibbon

Playing the fool subversive laughter in troubled times by Ralph Lerner ( )
Gibbon by James Cotter Morison ( Book )
The autobiography of Edward Gibbon by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
Style in history by Peter Gay ( Book )
Memoirs of my life by Edward Gibbon ( Book )

Four portraits : studies of the eighteenth century by Peter Quennell ( Book )
The profane virtues; four studies of the eighteenth century by Peter Quennell ( Book )
The art of history ; a study of four great historians of the eighteenth century by J. B Black ( Book )
Edward Gibbon by C. V Wedgwood ( Book )
Narrative form in history and fiction: Hume, Fielding & Gibbon by Leo Braudy ( Book )
Edward Gibbon, luminous historian, 1772-1794 by Patricia B Craddock ( Book )
Gibbon and his world by Gavin De Beer ( Book )
Edward Gibbon and the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794 by D. M Low ( Book )
Young Edward Gibbon, gentleman of letters by Patricia B Craddock ( Book )
Portraits; character sketches of Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, and David Garrick, together with other manuscripts of Reynolds discovered among the Boswell papers and now first published by Joshua Reynolds ( Book )
The English essays of Edward Gibbon by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
Gibbon by G. M Young ( Book )
Gibbon by J. W Burrow ( Book )
The letters of Edward Gibbon by Edward Gibbon ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Edward Gibbon

The decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
577 editions published between 1800 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 11,041 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author makes the point that in this abridgement he has adhered to Gibbon's style, format, planning, and footnotes, and has made only selective exclusions. The history covers the centuries from Marcus Aurelius to the capture of Constantinople, and concludes with an epilogue dealing with medieval Rome and the dawn of the Renaissance

The decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
1,209 editions published between 1388 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 9,903 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
V. 1.. The turn of the tide -- v. 2. Constantine and the Christian Empire -- v. 3. The revival and collapse of paganism -- v. 4. The end of the Western Empire -- v. 5. Justinian and the Roman law -- v. 6. Mohammed and the rise of the Arabs -- v. 7. The Normans in Italy and the Crusades -- v. 8. The fall of Constaninople and the papacy in Rome

Great books of the Western World. Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc., in collaboration with the University of Chicago by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
32 editions published between 1952 and 1990 in English and held by 1,326 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
V. I - Chapters I-XL; V. II - Chapters XLI-LXXI

Gibbon's Decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
53 editions published between 1910 and 1999 in English and held by 985 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An abridged, profusely illustrated edition of the classic work originally published in six volumes from 1776 to 1788

Edward Gibbon, Essai sur l'étude de la littérature : a critical edition by Edward Gibbon ( )
90 editions published between 1761 and 2010 in French and English and held by 930 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An apology for Christianity. In a series of letters, addressed to Edward Gibbon, Esq. Author of The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. : Being a necessary and instructive appendix thereto. by Richard Watson ( )
43 editions published between 1776 and 1796 in English and held by 728 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of the History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire By the author by Edward Gibbon ( )
41 editions published between 1779 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 587 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ( )
131 editions published between 1776 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 493 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Den franske pædagog og historiker Charles Rollin 1661-1741 udgav 1730-38 "Histoire Ancienne"("Historie alter Zeiten.."1-13) og 1738 "Histoire Romaine jusqu'a la Bataille D'Actium"("Römische Historie.." 1-16). Crevier fortsatte med "Histoire des Empereurs depuis Auguste jusqu'a Constantin"("Römische Kayserhistorie.."1-12).Videre fortsat af Le Beau (haves kun på tysk):"Geschichte des morgenländischen Kayserthums von Constantin dem Grossen an" 1-10. Efter delingen i Øst- og Vest Romerske Rige 395 haves som fortsættelse for Østromerske Rige E. Gibbon:"The History of the Decline and Fall af the Roman Empire" 1-12

The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ( )
104 editions published between 1781 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 456 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Den franske pædagog og historiker Charles Rollin 1661-1741 udgav 1730-38 "Histoire Ancienne"("Historie alter Zeiten.."1-13) og 1738 "Histoire Romaine jusqu'a la Bataille D'Actium"("Römische Historie.." 1-16). Crevier fortsatte med "Histoire des Empereurs depuis Auguste jusqu'a Constantin"("Römische Kayserhistorie.."1-12).Videre fortsat af Le Beau (haves kun på tysk):"Geschichte des morgenländischen Kayserthums von Constantin dem Grossen an" 1-10. Efter delingen i Øst- og Vest Romerske Rige 395 haves som fortsættelse for Østromerske Rige E. Gibbon:"The History of the Decline and Fall af the Roman Empire" 1-12

The decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon ( )
67 editions published between 1839 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gibbon for moderns; The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, with lessons for America today by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
2 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 342 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With memoirs of his life and writings, composed by himself: illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative by John Lord Sheffield. by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
70 editions published between 1796 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
110 editions published between 1781 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 334 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Den franske pædagog og historiker Charles Rollin 1661-1741 udgav 1730-38 "Histoire Ancienne"("Historie alter Zeiten.."1-13) og 1738 "Histoire Romaine jusqu'a la Bataille D'Actium"("Römische Historie.." 1-16). Crevier fortsatte med "Histoire des Empereurs depuis Auguste jusqu'a Constantin"("Römische Kayserhistorie.."1-12).Videre fortsat af Le Beau (haves kun på tysk):"Geschichte des morgenländischen Kayserthums von Constantin dem Grossen an" 1-10. Efter delingen i Øst- og Vest Romerske Rige 395 haves som fortsættelse for Østromerske Rige E. Gibbon:"The History of the Decline and Fall af the Roman Empire" 1-12

History of Christianity: comprising all that relates to the progress of the Christian religion in "The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire," and A vindication of some passages in the 15th and 16th chapters by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
20 editions published between 1882 and 1972 in English and Undetermined and held by 318 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The triumph of Christendom in the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
4 editions published in 1958 in English and held by 316 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Critical observations on the sixth book of the Æneid by Edward Gibbon ( )
19 editions published between 1770 and 1794 in English and held by 311 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An essay on the study of literature by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
26 editions published between 1764 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ( Book )
93 editions published between 1781 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Den franske pædagog og historiker Charles Rollin 1661-1741 udgav 1730-38 "Histoire Ancienne"("Historie alter Zeiten.."1-13) og 1738 "Histoire Romaine jusqu'a la Bataille D'Actium"("Römische Historie.." 1-16). Crevier fortsatte med "Histoire des Empereurs depuis Auguste jusqu'a Constantin"("Römische Kayserhistorie.."1-12).Videre fortsat af Le Beau (haves kun på tysk):"Geschichte des morgenländischen Kayserthums von Constantin dem Grossen an" 1-10. Efter delingen i Øst- og Vest Romerske Rige 395 haves som fortsættelse for Østromerske Rige E. Gibbon:"The History of the Decline and Fall af the Roman Empire" 1-12

The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire By Edward Gibbon, Esq; volume the second by Edward Gibbon ( )
14 editions published between 1781 and 2005 in English and held by 294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ( )
25 editions published between 1899 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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