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An historical and biographical dictionary : containing an account of the Hebrew patriarchs and princes, of emperors, kings, and great captains, of the gods and heroes of pagan antiquity, of the popes, holy fathers, celebrated bishops, and cardinals : also historians, poets, orators, divines, lawyers, physicians, &c., with their principal works, and the best editions of them : learned women, painters, &c., and all persons in general who have been illustrious or famous in any age or nation : pointing out whatever is most remarkable, and most interesting in sacred or in profane history / translated from the French of Monsieur the Abbe Ladvocat ... by Catharine Collignon.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vosgien, 1709-1765
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Biography--Dictionaries.
- Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Dictionaries.
- Penn Provenance:
- Popkin, Richard (donor) (CJS Rare copy)
- Boddington, Benjamin (bookplate) (autograph) (CJS Rare copy)
- Physical Description:
- 4 volumes ; 22 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Printed by John Burges, printer to the University and to be had of the translator, and of W. Page, 1799-1801.
- Notes:
- Vosgien is a pseudonym used by Jean Baptiste Ladvocat.
- Printed in double columns.
- Local Notes:
- CJS Rare copy has bookseller's description laid in.
- OCLC:
- 13601388
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