Unabridged version of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Rune
I've been unable to find an unabridged version and Amazon apparently doesn't
always say when a book is abridged - so I'm a bit of a loss where to start.
So far I've got the following list:
Everyman's Library:
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Vol. 1,2,3) (Everyman's Library)
ISBN: 0679423087 and 1857150953
Respectively: 704 pages and 528 pages
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Vol. 4,5,6) (Everyman's Library)
ISBN: 067943593X and 1857151925
Respectively: 2064 pages, 1952 pages
Penguin Classics:
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vol 1 (Penguin
Classics)
David Womersley
ISBN: 0140437649
848 pages
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vol 2 (Penguin
Classics)
David Womersley
ISBN: 0140433945
1024 pages
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vol 3 (Penguin
Classics)
David Womersley
ISBN: 0140433953
1360 pages
Modern Library
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume I
ISBN: 5551172333
unknown pages
Routledge:
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Gibbon's History of the Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire (Early Sources in Classics S.)
Edward Gibbon, David Womersley (Editor)
ISBN: 041516320X
(4100 pages)
This last one from Routledge is definitely unabridged but it has a list
price of $1,500! I've been unable to ascertain whether the Everyman or the
Penguin or the Modern Library are complete. I've also been led to believe
the version edited by J. B. Bury is the best. I read the "Landmarks Guide to
Thucydides" edited by Robert B. Strassler, which I found excellent - is
there a version of Decline and Fall that has been reworked likewise?
Is there anyone that can recommend me an unabridged version Decline and
Fall?
/Thanks
Rune
Davidius
that I can say for sure is unabridged, for I have it, is the Modern
Library.
Steven Van Impe
> I want to read Edward Gibbons Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
> However I've been unable to find an unabridged version and Amazon
> apparently doesn't always say when a book is abridged - so I'm a bit
> of a loss where to start.
Project Gutenberg has the work ("1845 edition with Rev. Milman's
footnotes and prefaces"), if you can handle either reading it on a
screen or printing it out in all its glory... See at:
http://www.gutenberg.net/catalog/world/authrec?fk_authors=375
Regards,
Steven
Robert Stonehouse
wrote:
>I want to read Edward Gibbons Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. However
>I've been unable to find an unabridged version and Amazon apparently doesn't
>always say when a book is abridged - so I'm a bit of a loss where to start.
>
>So far I've got the following list:
>
>Everyman's Library:
>The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Vol. 1,2,3) (Everyman's Library)
>ISBN: 0679423087 and 1857150953
>Respectively: 704 pages and 528 pages
>
>The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Vol. 4,5,6) (Everyman's Library)
>ISBN: 067943593X and 1857151925
>Respectively: 2064 pages, 1952 pages
My Everyman is complete - about 500 pages per volume,
tending to more in the later ones. Additional notes by
Oliphant Smeaton, not enormously useful.
...
>This last one from Routledge is definitely unabridged but it has a list
>price of $1,500! I've been unable to ascertain whether the Everyman or the
>Penguin or the Modern Library are complete. I've also been led to believe
>the version edited by J. B. Bury is the best.
I doubt if you will get it for less than the Routledge! But
yes, it is the professional's standby. (Or have I seen a
reprint lately?)
Roger Pearse
I suppose one might do it in booklet format, but it would be a huge
effort. I'd buy a copy.
All the best,
Roger Pearse