A New and General Biographical Dictionary
by TOOKE, William (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Proprietors, 1795. New Edition, in eight volumes. Full-Leather. Good +. 8 vols.: viii, [9]-400; 400; 400; 400; 400; 496; 496; 496 p. 22 cm. Full leather. Gilt spines with burgundy and green labels. Front board detached on first volume, front hinge cracking vols. 3 & 7, both hinges cracking vol. 5. All 3 vols. have repaired hinges. Some chips and bumped corners.
Title continues: "Containing an Historical, Critical, and Impartial Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation in the World, Particularly the British and Irish; From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the present Period; Wherein Their Remarkable Actions and Sufferings, Their Virtues, Vices, Parts, and Learning, are Accurately Recorded and Displayed: With Catalogues of their Literary Productions."
Title continues: "Containing an Historical, Critical, and Impartial Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation in the World, Particularly the British and Irish; From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the present Period; Wherein Their Remarkable Actions and Sufferings, Their Virtues, Vices, Parts, and Learning, are Accurately Recorded and Displayed: With Catalogues of their Literary Productions."
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100730
- Title
- A New and General Biographical Dictionary
- Author
- TOOKE, William (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition, in eight volumes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for the Proprietors
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1795
- Keywords
- Biography, Dictionaries, Reference, Arts, Science, Literature, History, 18th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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