lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland
Subtitle: to the time of Dean Swift : compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the MS. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design
By: by Mr. Cibber ; in four [i.e. five] volumes.
Contributors: Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758.; Coxeter, Thomas, 1689-1747
Publisher: Printed for R. Griffiths ...
Published: 1753
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Poets, English.; Poets, Irish.
Notes: Vols. 2-5: by Mr. Cibber and other hands.

Compiled mainly by Robert Shiells, with revisions and additions by T. Cibber.  Cf. Dict. nat. biog.

Originally published in 25 parts.