Biographia Britannica: or, the lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, ... collected from the best authorities, ... and digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and critical dictionary. The second edition, with corrections, enlargements, and the addition of new lives: by Andrew Kippis, ... With the assistance of other gentlemen. ...
Kippis, Andrew,1725-1795.
Towers, Joseph,1737-1799.
London : printed by W. and A. Strahan; for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, L. Davis, G. Keith [and 12 others in London],
1778-93.
Contains Aaron-Fastolff; no more published. Five volumes only. A first part of the 6th volume was printed in 1795, all except 3 copies are consumed by fire in 1808 (DNB).
Vol.4 is dated 1789, and bears the imprint: printed by Rivington and Marshall, for J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Son, L. Davis, T. Longman, B. Law [and 14 others in London].
Vol.3 is dated 1784, and bears the imprint: printed by John Rivington, jun. for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, C. Davis, T. Payne [and 14 others in London].
Vol.5 is dated 1793 and bears the imprint: printed by John Nichols, for T. Longman, B. Law, H. Baldwin, C. Dilly, G.G. and J. Robinson [and 14 others in London].
Kippis was assisted as editor by the Rev. Joseph Towers, who is acknowledged in vols.2-5.
Vol.2 is dated 1780 and bears the imprint: printed by W. and A. Strahan; for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, L. Davis, T. Payne [and 16 others in London].
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