British biography : or, an accurate and impartial account of the lives and writings of eminent persons, in Great Britain and Ireland; from Wickliff, who began the Reformation by his writings, to the present time: whether Statesmen, Patriots, Generals, Admirals, Philosophers, Poets, Lawyers, or Divines. In which The several Incidents and remarkable Actions of their Lives, and the Particularities of their Deaths, that could be collected from History, Family Memoirs, and Records, are related; a Catalogue of their Writings given, with occasional Remarks; and their Characters delineated with Freedom and Impartiality. Vol. I.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Towers, Joseph, 1737-1799.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Celebrities.

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

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v.1-2.,plates ) ports. ;

Other Title:

British biography

Place of Publication:

[Sherborne] : Printed for R. Goadby; and sold by R. Baldwin, in Pater-Noster-Row; and J. Towers, near Cripplegate, London, MDCCLXXIII. [1773]

Notes:

Anonymous. Compiled by Joseph Towers.

Reissues of the edition of 1766.

Vol.2: Sold by R. Baldwin.

Braces in imprint.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T144146.

OCLC:

642433785