Universal biography : containing a copious account, critical and historical, of the life and character, labors and actions of eminent persons in all ages and countries, conditions and professions, arranged in alphabetical order / by J. Lempriere, D.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemprière, John, 1765?-1824, author..

Contributor:

Curran, Stuart A., honoree.

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony, donor.

Berkeley, Robert, autographer.

Cadell & Davies, publishers.

Strahan and Preston, printers.

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biography--Dictionaries.

Biography.

Genre:

Dictionaries

Physical Description:

viii, [888] pages ; 22 cm

Manufacture:

London : Strahan and Preston, Printers-Street.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies, in the Strand, 1808.

Notes:

Printers' statement from verso of title leaf.

Signatures: A⁴ B-2E⁸ '[A]'-'[P]'⁸ '[Q-R]'⁴ '[S]'-'[Gg]'⁸.

"Abridged from the larger work."--Title leaf.

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare CT103 .L5 1808b presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2022. autograph ("Robt. Berkeley") in pencil on front pastedown. Business card of Antiquarianbooks-uk laid in.

Cited in:

O'Neill, R.K. English-language dictionaries, L-28

OCLC:

825553058