On the death of Edward Gibbon (1737–94), his unpublished papers were left to his friend John Baker Holroyd, first earl of Sheffield, who published them in two volumes in 1796.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...

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Main Author:	Gibbon, Edward 1737-1794 (Author)
Other Authors:	Sheffield, John Holroyd 1735-1821 (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1796
Series:	Cambridge library collection. Literary studies
Subjects:	Geschichte Rom Rome / History
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	On the death of Edward Gibbon (1737–94), his unpublished papers were left to his friend John Baker Holroyd, first earl of Sheffield, who published them in two volumes in 1796.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
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 703 pages)
ISBN:	9781107444553
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781107444553