Author: GIBBON (Edward). PORTEUS (Beilby):
Title: Tracts on Various Subjects. All of which have been Published Separately before; and are now first collected into One Volume.
Description: London: Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons..., for T. Cadell and W. Davies..., 1807. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [iv], 530, later 19th century half calf, gilt spine, morocco label, binder's cloth. Although Porteus never published a specific attack on Gibbon, he mentions Gibbon unfavourably in a footnote on pp. 346 - 347.

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