Bücher der Reihe Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire 2 volume Set

On the death of Edward Gibbon (1737-94), his unpublished papers were left to his friend John Baker Holroyd, first earl of Sheffield, who published them in two volumes in 1796. Volume 1 contains a biography, compiled by Sheffield from Gibbon's six autobiographical manuscripts and some of his letters.