A biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland , 1816
- Title(s):
- A biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland : comprising literary memoirs and anecdotes of their lives : and a chronological register of their publications, with the number of editions printed : including notices of some foreign writers whose works have been occasionally published in England : illustrated by a variety of communications from persons of the first eminence in the world of letters.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for Henry Colburn, 1816.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 449, [1] pages ; 24 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ2010 .B61 1816 Copy 1View by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/155691
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Spine title: Upcott's living authors.
"Mr. Frederic Shoberl proceeded to assure me, in the presence of his son, that the work was written by [John] Watkins as far as the letter F -- that some dispute with the publisers then arose -- that the materials were thereofore handed over to himself -- and that he completed the work as it now appears." -- Bolton Corney, in Notes & queries, 1st ser., v. 11 (1855) p. 34.
Printed by A. J. Valpy, Tooke's Court, Chancery Lane.
The work is sometimes attributed to William Upcott.
BEIN 1997 1251: From the library of Ralph Hodgson, with his ms. annotations. Bookseller's stamp: Shelley Bookshop, Oxford. Monogram on front pastedown: [H.V.S.?]. Advertising matter on [4] p. at end, not included in pagination.
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Both copies lack advertising matter present in other copies. Copy 1 has the bookplate of Rupert Gunnis. Copy 2 bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards.
Medical Historical copy from the library of John F. Fulton. Bookplate of Walter Raleigh. - Subject Terms:
- Authors -- Bibliography.Colburn, Henry -- Publisher.English literature -- Bio-bibliography.Fulton, John F. (John Farquhar), 1899-1960 -- Bookplate.Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.Hodgson, Ralph, 1871-1962 -- Ms. notes.Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir, 1861-1922 -- Bookplate.Shelley Bookshop -- Stamp. .Valpy, A. J. -- Printer.
- Form/Genre:
- Publishers' advertisements.
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