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This is an outline of the six-volume work ''The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'', authored by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon (1737–1794). It also includes ''a Gibbon chronology''. ==Volumes and editions== This massive work has been reprinted many times over the years in various editions. *THE ORIGINAL was published between 1776 and 1789 in six volumes by the firm of () Strahan & () Cadell, in the Strand, London.〔Data assembled from David Womersley, ed., ''Edward Gibbon - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'', vol. 1 (London: Allen Lane, 1994), pp. cvii, 1084, 1106; and Norton, ''Biblio'', 36-63. Norton reported that reliable figures on printed copies of all editions and volumes "cannot, unfortunately, be stated." p. 52. Precise days of publication from Norton, ''Biblio'', except where otherwise noted.〕 * *Volume I has a complex history of its own. It was published in six editions between 1776 and 1789. Three of the six contain authorial revisions, marked AR: * * *First editions, 1776 Feb 17 (a and b-AR), 1000 copies; * * *Second edition, 1776 June 3; 1500 copies; * * *Third edition, 1777 May (AR); 1000 copies; * * *Fourth edition, 1781 Apr 4 (AR); * * *Fifth editions, 1782 Apr 11 (a and b); * * *Sixth edition, 1789 Dec 1. * *Volumes II, III were published together in three editions between 1781 and 1789: * * *First editions, 1781 Mar 1 (a and b; b sometimes called the second edition); * * *Second edition, 1787 (n/a); * * *Third edition, 1789 Dec 1. published with the sixth edition of volume one as a new set. * *Volumes IV, V, VI were published together in one edition only: 1788 May 8; 3000 copies each. *A one-volume edition with an "introductory memoir of the author" by William Youngman was published by J.O. Robinson (London, 1830). *The 1838-1839 Rev. H.H. (Dean) Milman edition, the first English critical edition, was published in 12 volumes. A second Milman edition, which serves as the basis for most electronic and public domain versions such as the Gutenberg, was published in 1846 in 6 volumes.〔Norton, ''Biblio'', p. 100.〕 *The original J.B. Bury edition (1896–1900) was 7 volumes.〔Norton, ''Biblio'', p. 101.〕 *The 1946 Heritage Press edition of Bury's is three volumes. It divides the chapters into Volume 1: 1-26, Volume 2: 27-48, Volume 3: 49-71. *The latest complete edition in 3 volumes was edited by David Womersley, and published by Allen Lane (London) and Penguin Press (New York) in 1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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