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THE WORKS OF EDWARD GIBBON - Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 9 [1776]

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ed. J.B. Bury with an Introduction by W.E.H. Lecky (New York: Fred de Fau and Co., 1906), in 12 vols. Vol. 9.

Part of: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 vols.

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THE WORKS OF EDWARD GIBBON

HISTORY OF ROME

VOLUME IX

NEW YORK

FRED DeFAU & COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  • Cairo . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
    • From a photograph.
  • Mahomet . . . . . . . . . . . page 30
    • From a rare print.
  • The Temple at Mecca . . . . . . . . 60
    • From a rare print.
  • Damascus . . . . . . . . . . . 146
    • From an old drawing by Dibdin.
  • Map of Western Asia . . . . . . . . 230
  • An Arab Horseman . . . . . . . . 280
    • From a painting by Adolph Schreyer.

NOTE

In the revision of the proof sheets of Chapters L. to LIII. invaluable help has been received from Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole, who, in the case of the previous volumes also, has been untiringly kind in answering questions and making suggestions.

J. B. B.