A biographical, historical and chronological dictionary
Subtitle: containing a faithful account of the lives, characters, and actions of the most eminent persons of all ages and all countries : including also the revolutions of states, and the succession of sovereign princes
By: by John Watkins ...
Edition: The second edition, revised, corrected and considerably enlarged.
Publisher: Printed for Richard Phillips ... by T. Gillet ...
Published: 1806
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 976
Subjects: Biography; Dictionaries
Notes: Printer's name follows date on title page.

Signatures: [A]² B-3P⁸ 3Q⁶(±3Q6). Make-up of final gathering is uncertain; 3Q6, the final leaf of advertisements, is signed A3 and appears to be a cancel in the Harvard Theatre Collection copy.

"Useful and valuable books recently published by Richard Phillips, no. 6, Bridge Street, London, and which may be had of all booksellers, and dealers in books"--p. [971]-[976].

Ms. note in pencil on front fly-leaf stating that this was John Howard Payne's copy, bought at the sale of his effects at Tunis, May 15, 1887, by W.P. Chandler, the American consul there.

Bound in half green cloth and tan marbled boards (front board and spine detached and text block split); in CMI.