The following text is from Edward Gibbon’s 1796 Memoirs of My Life and Writings.
Gibbon reflects on publishing a volume of his series The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
I am at a loss how to describe the success of the work, without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand.
Gibbon reflects on publishing a volume of his series The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
I am at a loss how to describe the success of the work, without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand.