A new biographical dictionary. On the first of January next will be published, handsomely printed in quarto, on a very fine paper, No. I of a new work, entitled, General biography, or, lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order; chiefly composed by John Aikin, M.D. and the late Rev. William Enfield, LL.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aikin, John, 1747-1822.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

General biography. Prospectus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Biography--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Prospectuses.

Physical Description:

1 sheet ; 1/8⁰

Place of Publication:

[London] : William Thorne, printer, Red Lyon Court, Fleet Street, London, [1799]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

"Printed for G. Kearsley; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; and H. Colbert, Dublin".

Published in ten volumes between 1799 and 1815.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T189246.

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