The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation : Particulary the British and Irish, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 22AMS Press, 1815 - Biography |
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... folio ; a book of high reputation , to which his son John added an eighth volume , in 1780. 6. " Conspectus Originum Typographicarum proxime in lucem edendarum , " 1761 , 8vo . This prospectus is very scarce , as the author printed but ...
... folio ; a book of high reputation , to which his son John added an eighth volume , in 1780. 6. " Conspectus Originum Typographicarum proxime in lucem edendarum , " 1761 , 8vo . This prospectus is very scarce , as the author printed but ...
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... folio , in 1688 , " Scriptores rerum Ger- manicarum , " a very useful collection , which had been begun , but not finished , by his father . " ! Necrologie pour 1767. - Dict . Hist . 2 Moreri . - Eloy , Dict . Hist . de Medicine ...
... folio , in 1688 , " Scriptores rerum Ger- manicarum , " a very useful collection , which had been begun , but not finished , by his father . " ! Necrologie pour 1767. - Dict . Hist . 2 Moreri . - Eloy , Dict . Hist . de Medicine ...
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... folio , under this title , " The Memoirs of sir James Melvil , of Halhill , containing an im- partial account of most of the remarkable affairs of state , during the last age , not mentioned by other historians : more particularly ...
... folio , under this title , " The Memoirs of sir James Melvil , of Halhill , containing an im- partial account of most of the remarkable affairs of state , during the last age , not mentioned by other historians : more particularly ...
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... folio after his death , in 1694 , enlarged by himself , but this has sunk under the much improved edition by Jault , Paris , 1750 , 2 vols . fol . 2. " Miscellanea , " 1652 , 4to ; a collection of pieces in Greek , Latin , and French ...
... folio after his death , in 1694 , enlarged by himself , but this has sunk under the much improved edition by Jault , Paris , 1750 , 2 vols . fol . 2. " Miscellanea , " 1652 , 4to ; a collection of pieces in Greek , Latin , and French ...
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... folio . 7. " Origine della Lingua Italiana , ” 1669 , fol . He undertook this work only to shew the academy della Crusca , that he was not unworthy of the place with which they had honoured him . Dr. Burney says that in his ...
... folio . 7. " Origine della Lingua Italiana , ” 1669 , fol . He undertook this work only to shew the academy della Crusca , that he was not unworthy of the place with which they had honoured him . Dr. Burney says that in his ...
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