The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)
By: [By] Theophilus Cibber
Contributors: Shiells, Robert, d. 1753; Coxeter, Thomas, 1689-1747
Series: Anglistica & Americana, 17
Publisher: G. Olms
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Hildesheim
Language: eng
Subjects: Poets, English; Poets, Irish
Notes: Facsimile reprint of 1st ed., London, 1753

On t.-p. of v. 1: ... In four volumes, (although) the work is continued in a fifth volume of the same date

Title varies slightly: v. 2-5, "by Mr. Cibber and other hands."

Compiled mainly by Robert Shiels with revisions and additions by Theophilus Cibber.  cf. Dict. nat. biog., also Faculty of advocates library catalogue

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