Author Gibbon, Edward Birthdate b. 1737, d. 1794 Filename gibbon-1776 Manuscript n/a Date of composition 1776 Genre HISTORY Wordcount 8,804 Edition The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. ... Volume the first. London. ESTC number T078356 Gale number CW102835094 Sample 1,356.1-1,382.3 Remarks