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Title: A new and general biographical dictionary; containing an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every nation; particularly the British and Irish; from the earliest accounts of time to the present period.
Description: London: printed for T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, B. Law, T. Field, T. Durham, J. Robson, R. Goadby, and E. Baker, 1761-1767. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Twelve volumes. I: viii, 515pp.; II: [i], 454pp.; III: [i], 588pp.; IV: [i], 452pp.; V: [i], 516pp.; VI: [i], 582pp.; VII: [i], 543pp.; VIII: 650pp.; IX: [i], 418pp.; X: [i], 534pp.; XI: 524, [xiv]pp.; XII: [i], 519, [iv]pp. I: []4, B8-Z8, Aa8-Kk8, Ll2; II: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ff8, Gg4 (Gg4 blank); III: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Oo8, Pp4, Qq2; IV: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ff8, gg2; V: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Kk8, Ll2; VI: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Oo8, Pp4 (Pp4 blank); VII: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Mm8; VIII: A8-Z8, Aa8-Rr8, Ss6 (Ss6 blank); IX: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Dd8, Ee2 (Ee2 blank); X: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ll8, Mm4 (Mm4 blank); XI: A8-Z8, Aa8-Mm8, Ll2 (last seven leaves without signatures); XII: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Kk8, Ll6. The twelfth volume, the 'Supplement,' was published in 1767. Contemporary calf, worn. A few covers loose. Good.

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