4 volumes (of 6, comprising vols. 2-5), 4to (216 x  267 mm). Vol II: Half title, full-sheet folding map of the Eastern Roman Empire by Thomas Kitchin dated January 1, 1781 bound before p. 1, half sheet map of Constantinople bound before p. 23 (some minor offsetting to both, a few leaves with light to minor spotting); Vol III: Half title, full-sheet folding map of the Western Roman Empire by Thomas Kitchin dated January 1, 1781 bound before p.1 (some minor offsetting); Vol IV: Half-title; Vol V: Half title. Later calf gilt with original calf pasted over (rubbing, toning to edges of endpapers). Provenance: Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (bookplates). 

FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST STATE of Vols. IV-V. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works which...maintain their hold upon the layman and continue to stimulate the scholar" (Carter, Printing and the Mind of Man, 222).