History Gibbon, Edward: The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, v1.0, 6 July 2008

bartolucci · 07-06-2008, 03:24 PM

I put this ebook together a while ago and I feel bad that only now am I posting it for other people. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of those books that demonstrates how useful ebooks can be. In paper form it's so massive that I never carry it around, so I very rarely make any progress, but in ebook form I always have it and can slowly make progress.

I added title and author metadata, broke up the 6 volumes into their 71 chapters, added a table of contents, and cleaned up some of the weird characters. I've also added a map from what I think was the original printing of the book but it still doesn't look good on the kindle screen. Eventually I plan on breaking the map into smaller pieces that will look better on the small screen.

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JeffElkins · 07-06-2008, 03:29 PM

Nicely done, thanks!

mbovenka · 07-10-2008, 10:45 AM

Seconded. Thanks!

HarryT · 07-10-2008, 12:25 PM

Is this the version with or without all the footnotes?

bartolucci · 07-11-2008, 01:21 AM

No footnotes, sorry. Is there source out there with footnotes? I used the pg version.

HarryT · 07-11-2008, 03:11 AM

PG has two versions - one with, and one without the footnotes. The footnotes are VERY extensive and provide all sorts of interesting additional information. It would be lot of work to do a nice eBook version with footnotes, though.

Juliette · 09-10-2009, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bartolucci

I put this ebook together a while ago and I feel bad that only now am I posting it for other people. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of those books that demonstrates how useful ebooks can be. In paper form it's so massive that I never carry it around, so I very rarely make any progress, but in ebook form I always have it and can slowly make progress.

I added title and author metadata, broke up the 6 volumes into their 71 chapters, added a table of contents, and cleaned up some of the weird characters. I've also added a map from what I think was the original printing of the book but it still doesn't look good on the kindle screen. Eventually I plan on breaking the map into smaller pieces that will look better on the small screen.

Thanks!

DMB · 09-05-2010, 04:43 PM

Thanks a lot. This is one of my favourite books for dipping into. I must confess I've never read it all through in one go.

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07-06-2008, 03:29 PM	#2
JeffElkins Guru Posts: 780 Karma: 1416 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kobo Clara 2E/HD, Kindle PW	Nicely done, thanks!

07-10-2008, 10:45 AM	#3
mbovenka Wizard Posts: 2,016 Karma: 13471689 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Almere, The Netherlands Device: Kobo Sage	Seconded. Thanks!

07-10-2008, 12:25 PM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Is this the version with or without all the footnotes?

07-11-2008, 01:21 AM	#5
bartolucci Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 539 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Kindle	No footnotes, sorry. Is there source out there with footnotes? I used the pg version.

07-11-2008, 03:11 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	PG has two versions - one with, and one without the footnotes. The footnotes are VERY extensive and provide all sorts of interesting additional information. It would be lot of work to do a nice eBook version with footnotes, though.

09-05-2010, 04:43 PM	#8
DMB Old Git Posts: 958 Karma: 1840790 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Switzerland (mostly) Device: Two kindle PWs wifi, kindle fire, iPad3 wifi	Thanks a lot. This is one of my favourite books for dipping into. I must confess I've never read it all through in one go.

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