Customer Reviews

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 4-6 (Everyman's Library Classics) (v. 4-6)

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I'll spare the review of the work itself; if you don't know why you should read Gibbon, then this isn't the place to start. If you're going to put forth the effort, however, then this is the edition to get. Contains all the footnotes (lacking in some expensive leather editions), is reasonably priced, and is attractively bound. The only other edition to consider would be Wormsley's, which can be expensive in hard back, if you can even find it. If you want to have an edition to read and display, this is it.

This is the definitive Gibbons edition; but the description DOES NOT tell you that this is VOLUME 4-6 and that VOLUME 1-3 MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY. This WHOLE set that MUST be bought SEPARATELY is nonetheless very good and worthy of being a part of one's library!

There are a total of 6 books in this series. Two boxed sets of 3 books each. If you want accurate information with orginial source notes then get this set. The 3-book set is sold seperately as volumes 1-3 and 4-6. Combined you have an excellent source for Roman History.

Your description does not indicate the only volumes 4-6 will be shipped. I would never had ordered it if I had known this. In addition, the package I received had three volumes but two of the volumes were the same, namely, volume 5. I received volumes 4, 5 and 5. I shall try to straighten this out with Horizon Books.

My next review will describe how this problem was handled.