Biographia britannica : or, the lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, down to the present times : collected from the best authorities, both printed and manuscript, and digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and critical dictionary (v.5)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Biographia britannica : or, the lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, down to the present times : collected from the best authorities, both printed and manuscript, and digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and critical dictionary (v.5)
Other titles: Lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages down to the present times
Classmark: BC Misc. Quartos/BIO
Publisher: Printed for W. Innys, W. Meadows, J. Walthoe, T. Cox, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Osborne, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longman and W. Shewell, H. Whitridge, R. Hett, C. Hitch, T. Astley, S. Austen, C. Davis, R. Manby and H.S. Cox, C. Bathurst, J. and R. Ton
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1747-1766
Language: English
Size and medium: 7 v. (xvi, 4387, [1], 260, [62] p.)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/193880
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991009193089705181
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Pagination split: v.1: xvi, 695, [1] p.; v.2: [4], 697-1432 p. ; v.3: [4], 1433-2153, [1] p. ; v.4: [4], 2155-2877, [1] p. ; v.5: [4], 2879-3600 p. ; v.6. pt.1: [4], 3601, 4081, [1] . ; v.6. pt.2: [4], 4083-4387, [1], 260, [62] p.
Engraved initials, head- and tail pieces.
A permission to print on the half-title verso of volume 1.
According to the preface of vol.2 of the second edition, the compilers were Henry Brougham, Dr. John Campbell, William Harris, Philip Morant, William Oldys and Mr. Hinton.
Issued in 366 parts, with a supplement and an index.
Vol.6 is in two parts.
Titlepages in red and black.
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