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Biographia Britannica : or, The lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, down to the present times   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL
Boston Public Library) John Adams Library BRL
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Title
Biographia Britannica : or, The lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, down to the present times
Volume 1
Publisher
London : Printed for W. Innys ...
Description
Paged continuously, with the exception of supplement and appendix, etc., in last volume
John Adams Library is wanting v. 7
Each volume includes half t.p
T.p. printed in red and black
Printed marginalia
John Adams Library copy, v. 6, has varying (marbled) binding from other volumes
V. 1: A-B; v. 3: C-F; v. 4: G-K; v. 5: L-M; v. 6: N-U; v. 7 (v. 6, part 2): V-Z
Issued in 366 parts, with a supplement and an index
Vol.6 is in two parts
According to the preface of vol. 2 of the second edition, the compilers were Henry Brougham, Dr. John Campbell, William Harris, Philip Morant, William Oldys and Mr. Hinton
John Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf, v. 1: "£15:0:0 ..."
John Adams Library copy has signature removed from first leaf, v. 2-5
John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library
ESTC
Also available on microfilm
John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894

Subjects: Biography
Language English
Publication date 1747
publication_date QS:P577,+1747-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: johnadamsBPL; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
Accession number
biographiabritan01adam
Notes No Table of Contents page. Some text loss to due tight inner margins.
Authority file  OCLC: 1041644051
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Internet Archive identifier: biographiabritan01adam
https://archive.org/download/biographiabritan01adam/biographiabritan01adam.pdf

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