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The Splendid Book Design of the 1946 Edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (171+ words) Cre'at'ed by Clarence P. Hor'nung, the design cap'tures the essence of Gib'bon's clas'sic, show'ing Roman pil'lars pro'gres'sive'ly crum'bling as your eyes move from Vol'ume1 to Vol'ume7. George Macy lat'er called the col'lec'tion, which also fea'tures illus'tra'tions by the great 18th-cen'tu'ry print'mak'er…...