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)
Classmark: Large Gillinson Collection/BIO
Additional creator(s): Kippis, Andrew (1725-1795) (Other); Towers, Joseph (1737-1799) (Other)
Related people: Kippis, Andrew; Towers, Joseph
Publisher: printed by W. and A. Strahan for C. Bathurst
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1778-1793
Language: English
Size and medium: 5 v
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/355131
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991007981259705181
Description
Vol. 3 printed by John Rivington, Jnr. for C. Bathurst, vol. 4 printed by Rivington and Marshall for J. Rivington, vol.5 printed by John Nichols for T. Longman.
Work ends with entry for Fastolf; no more published,
Additional description
Bookplates of the Halifax Circulating Library (18th cent.) and of the Halifax Literary and Philosophical Society.
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