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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-010.mrc:95305062:2677
Source marc_columbia
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035 $a(OCoLC)505209255
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050 4 $aDA28$b.B9 1778
245 00 $aBiographia britannica, or, The lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, to the present times :$bcollected from the best authorities, printed and manuscript, and digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and critical dictionary.
250 $aThe second edition,$bwith corrections, enlargements, and the addition of new lives / by Andrew Kippis ... ; with the assistance of other gentlemen.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted by W. and A. Strahan, for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons [and 14 others],$c1778-1793.
300 $a5 v. ;$c41 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aVols. 2-5, "with the assistance of the Rev. Joseph Towers, LL.D. and other gentlemen."
500 $aVol. 3 has imprint: Printed by J. Rivington, jun. for C. Bathurst ... ; v. 4: Printed by Rivington and Marshall, for J. Rivington and Sons ... ; v.5: Printed by J. Nichols, for T. Longman ...
500 $a"A first part of the sixth volume ('Featley' to 'Foster') was printed in 1795 ... Dr. George Gregory wrote a preface, intending to come forward as continuator of the work. Delays in its publication followed, and nearly the whole impression was consumed in the fire on Nichol's premises in ... 1808, only three copies having been preserved"--Dict. Nat. Biog.
505 0 $av.1. A - Bathurst, Ralph -- v.2. Bathurst, Allen - Bull -- v.3. Bulleyn - Coke -- v. 4. Cole - Davies -- v.5. Davis - Fastolff.
500 $aNo more published. Alphabet covers only A - Falstoff.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$vBiography$vDictionaries.
700 1 $aKippis, Andrew,$d1725-1795.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84177349
700 1 $aTowers, Joseph,$d1737-1799.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85067443
740 0 $aBiographia britannica.
740 0 $aLives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest ages to the present times.
752 $aGreat Britain$bEngland$dLondon.$2naf
852 81 $buts,unnrxf$hAS15$iB61 1778
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866 0 $80$av.2
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866 0 $80$av.4
866 0 $80$av.5