Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Biographia britannica, or, The lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, to the present times : collected from the best authorities, printed and manuscript, and digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and critical dictionary.
Edition:
The second edition, with corrections, enlargements, and the addition of new lives / by Andrew Kippis ... ; with the assistance of other gentlemen.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by W. and A. Strahan, for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons [and 14 others], 1778-1793.
Physical Description:
5 v. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Vols. 2-5, "with the assistance of the Rev. Joseph Towers, LL.D. and other gentlemen."
Contents:
v.1. A - Bathurst, Ralph -- v.2. Bathurst, Allen - Bull -- v.3. Bulleyn - Coke -- v. 4. Cole - Davies -- v.5. Davis - Fastolff
Subject Terms:
Strahan, W. and A. -- Printer. | Bathurst, C. -- Publisher. | Strahan, W. -- Publisher. | Rivington, J. and Sons -- Publisher. | Rivington, J., Jr. -- Printer. | Rivington and Marshall -- Printer. | Nichols, J. -- Printer. | Longman, T. -- Publisher. | Chron. -- 1778–1793. | Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
Contributors:
Kippis, Andrew, 1725–1795. | Towers, Joseph, 1737–1799.